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Cascarilla   Listen
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Cascarilla  n.  (Bot.) A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria); also, its aromatic bark.
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.





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... furnishes cascarilla bark, used as an aromatic bitter tonic, having no astringency. It has a fragrant smell when burnt, on which account it has been mixed ...
— Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture • William Saunders


Words linked to "Cascarilla" :   eleuthera bark, genus Croton, croton, Croton eluteria, Croton tiglium, cascarilla bark, sweetwood bark


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