- bitter bark
- bitter bark,any one of various trees whose bark is bitter and has medicinal properties, as the cascara in the United States.
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bitter-bark — noun ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever • Syn: ↑fever tree, ↑Georgia bark, ↑Pinckneya pubens • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush •… … Useful english dictionary
Bitter oak — Oak Oak ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
angostura bark — noun the bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters • Syn: ↑angostura • Hypernyms: ↑bark * * * |aŋgə|st(y)u̇rə , |aiŋ , ürə noun also angostura ( … Useful english dictionary
Georgia bark — noun ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever • Syn: ↑fever tree, ↑bitter bark, ↑Pinckneya pubens • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush •… … Useful english dictionary
tellicherry bark — ˈteləˌcherē noun Usage: usually capitalized T Etymology: from Tellicherry, seaport in Madras state, India : the bitter bark of any of several East Indian or African trees of the family Apocynaceae (as Wrightia zeylanica, Holarrhena… … Useful english dictionary
Jesuit's bark — Peruvian Pe*ru vi*an, a. [Cf. F. p[ e]ruvien, Sp. peruviano.] Of or pertaining to Peru, in South America. n. A native or an inhabitant of Peru. [1913 Webster] {Peruvian balsam}. See {Balsam of Peru}, under {Balsam}. {Peruvian bark}, the bitter… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Peruvian bark — Peruvian Pe*ru vi*an, a. [Cf. F. p[ e]ruvien, Sp. peruviano.] Of or pertaining to Peru, in South America. n. A native or an inhabitant of Peru. [1913 Webster] {Peruvian balsam}. See {Balsam of Peru}, under {Balsam}. {Peruvian bark}, the bitter… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
angostura bark — an·gos·tu·ra bark .aŋ gə st(y)u̇r ə n the aromatic bitter bark of either of two So. American trees (Galipea officinalis and Cusparia trifoliata) of the rue family used esp. formerly as a tonic and antipyretic called also angostura … Medical dictionary
Cascarilla bark — Cascarilla Cas ca*ril la, n. [Sp., small thin bark, Peruvian bark, dim. of c[ a]scara bark.] (Bot.) A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub ({Croton Eleutheria}); also, its aromatic bark. [1913 Webster] {Cascarilla bark} (or {Cascarilla}) (Med.), the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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