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Rhamnus Purshiana
Cascara buckthorn Cas"ca*ra buck"thorn` (Bot.) The buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshiana) of the Pacific coast of the United States, which yields cascara sagrada.
Rhamnus Purshianus
Rhamnus Rham"nus, n. [NL., from Gr. "ra`mnos a kind of prickly shrub; cf. L. rhamnos.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California Rhamnus Purshianus and the European R. catharticus are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges.
Rhamnus Purshianus
Cascara sagrada Cas"ca*ra sa*gra"da [Sp.] Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshianus), used as a mild cathartic or laxative.

Meaning of Purshia from wikipedia

- Purshia (bitterbrush or cliff-rose) is a small genus of 5–8 species of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae which are native to western North America...
- Purshia tridentata, with the common name bitterbrush, is a shrub in the genus Purshia of the family Rosaceae. It is native to mountainous areas of western...
- Purshia stansburyana is a species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common name Stansbury's cliffrose. It is native to the southwestern...
- Purshia glandulosa is a species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common names antelope bitterbrush, desert bitterbrush, Mojave antelope...
- and includes five genera (Dryas, Cercocarpus, Chamaebatia, Cowania, and Purshia), most species of which form root nodules which host nitrogen-fixing bacteria...
- * Plumbago (Leadwort) Polygala (Milkwort) Poncirus * Prunus (Cherry) * Purshia (Antelope Bush) Pyracantha (Firethorn) Q Qu****ia (Qu****ia) * Quercus (Oak)...
- Purshia mexicana is a species of perennial flowering small tree in the rose family known by the common name Mexican cliffrose. It is native to western-northern...
- from Rosoideae of some genera (notably Cercocarpus, Cowania, Dryas and Purshia) previously included in the subfamily. Acaenabidibidis Agrimonia – agrimonies...
- as Northern Mexico Psilocybe mexicana, a psychedelic mushroom species Purshia mexicana, the Mexican cliffrose, a perennial flowering small tree species...
- boiled tea using the stem of the plant and combined it with the bark of Purshia tridentata, another shrub. The Navajo have used the plant as a dye solution...