bearwood

[ bair-woo d ]
/ ˈbɛərˌwʊd /

noun

a buckthorn, Rhamnus purshiana, the bark of which yields the drug cascara sagrada.

Origin of bearwood

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; bear2 + wood1

Example sentences from the Web for bearwood

  • I sent your gift-books of Hawthorne, yesterday, to the Walters of Bearwood, who had never heard of them!

    Yesterdays with Authors |James T. Fields

British Dictionary definitions for bearwood

bearwood
/ (ˈbɛəˌwʊd) /

noun

another name for cascara (def. 2)