cascarilla

English

Etymology

From Spanish cascarilla.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪlə

Noun

cascarilla (countable and uncountable, plural cascarillas)

1. A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton eleuteria).
2. The aromatic bark of this shrub, formerly used as a gentle tonic or mixed with tobacco for smoking.

Derived terms

• cascarillin

 

References

• “cascarilla”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Spanish

Etymology

From cáscara +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaskaˈɾiʝa/ [kas.kaˈɾi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaskaˈɾiʝa/ [kas.kaˈɾi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /kaskaˈɾiʎa/ [kas.kaˈɾi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaskaˈɾiʃa/ [kas.kaˈɾi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaskaˈɾiʒa/ [kas.kaˈɾi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: cas‧ca‧ri‧lla

Noun

cascarilla f (plural cascarillas)

1. shell or husk of certain seeds
2. cascarilla

Descendants

• → English: cascarilla

Further reading

• “cascarilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28