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Definition of Chittem bark
1. Noun. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
Group relationships: Bearberry, Bearwood, Cascara Buckthorn, Chittamwood, Chittimwood, Rhamnus Purshianus
Generic synonyms: Bark
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chittem Bark
Literary usage of Chittem bark
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1889)
"... all commonly known as cascara sagrada, sacred bark, and chittem bark. The first
two are best known, and are gathered indiscriminately ; are almost ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1896)
"The anglicised name "Sacred Bark" has also been applied to the drug, and the
Scriptural term chittem bark was also employed in early days in some parts of ..."
3. Materia Medica and Therapeutics: Including Pharmacy and Pharmacology by Reynold Webb Wilcox (1917)
"659. CASCARA SAGRADA CASCARA SAGRADA. Synonyms.—Sacred Bark. chittem bark.
Rhamnus Purshiana. The dried bark of Rhamnus Purshiana De Candolle (Fam. ..."
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