cascarilla
English
Etymology
From Spanish cascarilla.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪlə
Noun
cascarilla (countable and uncountable, plural cascarillas)
- A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton eleuteria).
- The aromatic bark of this shrub, formerly used as a gentle tonic or mixed with tobacco for smoking.
Derived terms
References
- “cascarilla”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaskaˈɾiʝa/ [kas.kaˈɾi.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kaskaˈɾiʎa/ [kas.kaˈɾi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kaskaˈɾiʃa/ [kas.kaˈɾi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kaskaˈɾiʒa/ [kas.kaˈɾi.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: cas‧ca‧ri‧lla
Noun
cascarilla f (plural cascarillas)
- shell or husk of certain seeds
- cascarilla
Descendants
- → English: cascarilla
Further reading
- “cascarilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025