单词 | barbasco |
释义 | barbasco /bahr bas"koh, -bah"skoh/, n. , pl. barbascos. 1. 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. 2. any similar plant yielding a substance that stuns or kills fish. 3. the fish-stunning or fish-killing substance obtained from these plants. [1855-60; < AmerSp, said to be alter. of verbasco mullein < L verbascum] |
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