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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The Rhamnus Purshiana, a shrub or small tree of the Pacific States. See bearberry, 2.
  • noun Also Rhamnus crocea, the evergreen bearwood.

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  • noun shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada

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  • Has anyone ever sported one of these?

    January 7, 2009

  • I haven't.

    *waits for joke about chained_bear*

    January 7, 2009

  • *grrr*

    January 7, 2009

  • *watches fellow Wordies back away from page*

    January 7, 2009

  • This is a mile from my house!

    January 7, 2009

  • If you go down to the wood today

    you'd better go in disguise

    January 7, 2009

  • "Pick-nick time for teddy bears!"

    January 7, 2009

  • All right, who forgot to close the itals? :-)

    January 8, 2009

  • *suspects bilby*

    January 8, 2009

  • *suspects bilby has left the building*

    January 9, 2009