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chittam bark

chittam bark

9.9
Dried bark from a tree used as a natural laxative
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : corteza de chittam
  • Some herbal remedies use chittam bark to relieve occasional constipation.

Examples

  • I bought some chittam bark from the herbal shop.

  • The active ingredients in chittam bark have been used in traditional medicine for centuries.

  • Pharmacists once recommended chittam bark for its gentle laxative effect.

  • The chittam bark is known for its laxative properties.

  • Pharmacists once recommended chittam bark for its gentle laxative effect.

  • Some herbal remedies use chittam bark to relieve occasional constipation.

  • The chittam bark is often extracted for natural laxative products.

Synonyms

cascara sagrada
vschittam bark
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Dried bark from a tree that helps people with constipation

uses a shorter or alternate form of the name
cascara
vschittam bark
  • Specialized
1 9.9

People use dried bark from a buckthorn tree to make a medicine that helps you have a bowel movement

uses a longer descriptive phrase rather than a single short name
chittem bark
vschittam bark
  • Archaic
9.9

Dried bark used as a medicine to help people have a bowel movement

uses the other common spelling

Surface Forms

chittam bark singular
chittam barks plural

Morphology

chittam + bark

This is a straightforward noun + noun composition: if a learner knows 'chittam' as the name of a plant and 'bark' as the tree covering, they will interpret 'chittam bark' as the bark of the chittam tree. Although 'chittam' is a rare/specialized lexical item and may be unknown to many learners, the compound’s meaning is compositionally derivable from its constituents.

Etymology

Chittam bark is the name for the dried bark of a tree people made into a tea to help you go to the toilet. Because this bark was used as a gentle medicine to relieve 'constipation', the name means a natural 'laxative'.