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barbasco: Meaning and Definition of
bar•bas•co
Pronunciation: (bär-bas'kō, -bä'skō), [key]
— pl. -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.
See also:
- barbasco (Thesaurus)
