barbasco

noun

bar·​bas·​co

bärˈba(ˌ)skō,

-rˈbä-

variants or less commonly babasco

bäˈb-,

bəˈb-

plural -s

1

: wild cinnamon sense 1

2

: joewood

3

a

: any of various plants used by the Indians of northern South America in making fish poison

especially : cube entry 3 sense 1

b

: the poison (such as rotenone) contained in these plants

Word History

Etymology

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

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