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单词 barbasco
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barbasco

[ bahr-bas-koh, -bah-skoh ]
/ bɑrˈbæs koʊ, -ˈbɑ skoʊ /

noun, plural bar·bas·cos.

a shrub or small tree, Jacquinia barbasco, of tropical America, the source of a substance used to stun fish so they can be caught easily.
any similar plant yielding a substance that stuns or kills fish.
the fish-stunning or fish-killing substance obtained from these plants.

Origin of barbasco

1855–60; <American Spanish, said to be alteration of verbasco mullein <Latin verbascum

Words nearby barbasco

Barbary Coast, Barbary Coast Wars, Barbary fig, Barbary sheep, Barbary States, barbasco, barbastelle, barbate, barb bolt, barbe, barbecue
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Example sentences from the Web for barbasco

  • The Savanerics poison pools with pounded leaves of the barbasco, and thus obtain fish without much labor.

    The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1|Hubert Howe Bancroft

  • They catch fish with bone hooks, seines, spears, and by poisoning the water with barbasco.

    The Andes and the Amazon|James Orton
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