Cascarilla

Word CASCARILLA
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What do we mean by cascarilla?

A tropical shrub or tree (Croton eluteria) native to the West Indies and northern South America, having a bark that yields an aromatic spicy oil used as a flavoring and fragrance. noun

The bark of this plant. noun

A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton eleutheria). noun

The aromatic bark of this shrub, formerly used as a gentle tonic or mixed with tobacco for smoking. noun

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The word "cascarilla" in example sentences

Tobacco, cascarilla, sage and tonka bean together make it very bold and special. ❋ Ayala Sender (2008)

She proceeded at random to read about cascarilla, furred tongue, the anus and its disorders, and anxiety. ❋ De Bernieres, Louis (2003)

My own recipe of frankincense, styrax, and cascarilla bark. ❋ V.C. Andrews® (1997)

The sea-side balsam, or sweet wood (_Croton Eleuteria_), from which some cascarilla bark is obtained, grows in the Bahama Islands and ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

It forms the cascarilla bark of commerce already spoken of. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

CASCARILLA BARK is obtained chiefly from the _Croton cascarilla_, a small shrub growing at St. Domingo, the Bahama Islands, and the ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

The chief aromatic barks comprise the cinnamon, cassia lignea, cascarilla, and canella alba. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

Indians _ichu-cascarilla, _ from the grain _ichu_ amongst which it is usually found at the base of the Cordilleras; and the other, from its fruit-capsules two inches in length, as the _Cinchona acutifolia_ of ❋ Various (N/A)

This _cascarilla_ is formed by the trituration of eggshells; and the oval faces whitened with it resemble ❋ Various (N/A)

Marcoy's hand, "see what it costs to go hunting the cascarilla in the land of the infidels!" ❋ Various (N/A)

Tobacco and cascarilla bark also flourish; and cotton is indigenous and was woven into cloth by the aborigines. ❋ Various (N/A)

The ladies of Matanzas seem to possess a great deal of beauty, but they abuse the privilege of powder, and whiten themselves with _cascarilla_ to a degree that is positively ghastly. ❋ Various (N/A)

All the gentlemen carry fans and use them with vigor; the ladies are so covered with powder (_cascarilla_) that you can't tell a pretty one from an ugly one. ❋ Unknown (1886)

The ladies had _cascarilla_ (a powder made of eggshells) an inch thick on their faces. ❋ Unknown (1886)

He smokes cascarilla, wears velveteen, and is as punctual as an executioner. ❋ Unknown (1879)

-- This plant furnishes cascarilla bark, used as an aromatic bitter tonic, having no astringency. ❋ William Saunders (1861)

The bark has been used as a substitute for cascarilla. ❋ William Saunders (1861)

I have already observed that between the tropics, the use of aromatics, for instance very strong coffee, the Croton cascarilla, or the pericarp of the Unona xylopioides, is generally preferred to that of the astringent bark of cinchona, or of Bonplandia trifolatia, which is the Angostura bark. ❋ Unknown (1851)

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