cascarilla

/kas-kuh-ril-uh/US // ˌkæs kəˈrɪl ə //UK // (ˌkæskəˈrɪlə) //

卡斯特里拉,卡斯特里亚,卡斯卡洛,卡斯特罗

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Also called cascarilla bark . the bitter, aromatic bark of a West Indian shrub, Croton eluteria, of the spurge family, used as a tonic.
- : the shrub itself.

The Peruvians call the bark cascarilla, and they point out the distinctions of a great number of species and varieties.
Many persons very much object to the aroma of benzoin, while they greatly admire the fumes of cascarilla.
Cascarilla bark is good to smoke, to prevent the effects of malaria, and in sick rooms to correct bad effluvia.
Much better than plain water he considers water to which some light bitter has been added, such as cascarilla.
Tobacco and cascarilla bark also flourish; and cotton is indigenous and was woven into cloth by the aborigines.