barbasco
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English
Etymology
From American Spanish barbasco, perhaps alteration of Spanish verbasco, varbasco (“mullein”), from Latin verbascum.[1][2]
Noun
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
References
- ^ “barbasco”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- ^ “barbasco”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Further reading
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
barbasco m (plural barbascos)
- figwort (plant of family Scrophulariaceae)