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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. aromatic bark of cascarilla; used as a tonic and for making incense;
[syn: cascarilla bark, eleuthera bark, sweetwood bark]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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 bark of Croton Eleutheria. It has an aromatic odor and a warm, spicy, bitter taste, and when burnt emits a musky odor. It is used as a gentle tonic, and sometimes, for the sake of its fragrance, mixed with smoking tobacco, when it is said to occasion vertigo and intoxication. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cascarilla bark n 1: aromatic bark of cascarilla; used as a tonic and for making incense [syn: cascarilla bark, eleuthera bark, sweetwood bark]