bar·bas·co
| \ bärˈba(ˌ)skō, -rˈbä- \
variants:
or less commonly babasco \
bäˈb- , bəˈb-
\
plural -s
Definition of barbasco
2
: joewood
3a
: any of various plants used by the Indians of northern South America in making fish poison
especially
: cube entry 3 sense 1
b
: the poison (such as rotenone) contained in these plants
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