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cascara

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. cascara (noun)
  2. cascara buckthorn (noun)
  3. cascara sagrada (noun)

cas·cara

noun \ka-ˈska-rə\

Definition of CASCARA

1
: cascara buckthorn
2
: cascara sagrada

Origin of CASCARA

Spanish cáscara husk, bark, probably from cascar to crack, break, from Vulgar Latin *quassicare to shake, from Latin quassare — more at quash
First Known Use: 1879

Rhymes with CASCARA

Bukhara, mascara, samara, tantara

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