barbasco
English edit
Etymology edit
From American Spanish barbasco, perhaps alteration of Spanish verbasco, varbasco (“mullein”), from Latin verbascum.[1][2]
Noun edit
barbasco (countable and uncountable, plural barbascos)
- A plant (Lonchocarpus urucu, now Deguelia rufescens var. urucu) native to parts of northern South America used as a poison for fishing and an insecticide.
- An evergreen (Jacquinia barbasco, now Jacquinia arborea)
- One of several inedible wild Mexican yams (Dioscorea mexicana and Dioscorea composita) from which progesterone can be synthesized.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ “barbasco”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- ^ “barbasco”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
barbasco m (plural barbascos)
- figwort (plant of family Scrophulariaceae)