BARBASCO


Meaning of BARBASCO in English

bärˈba(ˌ)skō, -rˈbä- noun

also ba·bas·co bäˈb-, bəˈb-

( -s )

Etymology: American Spanish barbasco, perhaps alteration of Spanish verbasco, varbasco mullein, from Latin verbascum

1. : wild cinnamon 1

2. : joewood

3.

a. : any of various plants used by the Indians of northern So. America in making fish poison ; especially : cube III 1

b. : the poison (as rotenone) contained in these plants

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