barbasco (English, noun)
expansion: barbasco (countable and uncountable, plural barbascos)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: An evergreen (Jacquinia barbasco, now Jacquinia arborea)
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: One of several inedible wild Mexican yams (Dioscorea mexicana and Dioscorea composita) from which progesterone can be synthesized.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: barbascos
tags: plural