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West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood
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barbasco
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood [syn: joewood , Jacquinia keyensis ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
barbasco \barbasco\ n. a West Indian shrub or small tree ( Jacquinia keyensis ) having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood. Syn: joewood.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Barbasco is the name of several plants that contain poisonous chemical compounds that have been used for fishing by indigenous populations of the Americas: A plant ( Lonchocarpus urucu ) - used by Shuar and Nukak peoples as a poison for fishing. An evergreen ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A plant ((taxlink Lonchocarpus urucu species noshow=1), now (taxlink Deguelia rufescens var. urucu variety noshow=1)) native to parts of northern South America used as a poison for fishing and an insecticide. 2 An evergreen ((taxlink Jacquinia barbasco ...
Usage examples of barbasco.
From a wiry old woman with mud-brown skin, he mastered the botanical secrets of the land, learning how to make curare from strychnos vines, malarial prophylaxes from cinchona bark, barbasco insect repellent, and a topical painkiller from waxy red genipa berries.
Indios crushed a plant called barbasco and threw it into rivers and lakes.
In any case, we must reply: No, Sire, we know nothing of the properties the Aztec ascribes to the root called barbasco.