Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

barbasco

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bar-bas-co
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An evergreen (Jacquinia barbasco, now Jacquinia arborea)

Countable; Uncountable

noun

One of several inedible wild Mexican yams (Dioscorea mexicana and Dioscorea composita) from which progesterone can be synthesized.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From American Spanish barbasco, perhaps alteration of Spanish verbasco, varbasco (“mullein”), from Latin verbascum.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: barbasco, verbasco, verbascum

Usage

Inflected Forms

barbascos (plural)

Phrases

cubé resin

Frequently Paired Words

cubé resin cubé

Synonyms

joewood jacquinia keyensis

Questions

What does barbasco mean?: 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.
Where does barbasco come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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