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bearwood

[ bair-wood ]

noun

  1. a buckthorn, Rhamnus purshiana, the bark of which yields the drug cascara sagrada.


bearwood

/ ˈɛəˌʊ /

noun

  1. another name for cascara
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bearwood1

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; bear 2 + wood 1
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He also performed weekly at the Silvershine Jazz Club at the Corks Club in Bearwood, Smethwick.

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Before the 1960s, Bearwood Avenue was just one of two streets in Howie Acres where Black people could own homes.

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Only Redwood Avenue, and later Bearwood, were excepted and church members bought property there.

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Others point to the nearby light rail, which runs behind Bearwood Avenue and stops at a sleek, glass station off Sugar Creek Road that opened in 2018.

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A developer sought a zoning change that would allow three multistory homes on a half acre on Bearwood Avenue.

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