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