Noun: bearwood 'behr,wûd
- Shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada
"Native Americans traditionally harvested bearwood bark for medicinal use";
- cascara buckthorn, bearberry, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus
Derived forms: bearwoods
Type of: buckthorn
Encyclopedia: Bearwood, West Midlands