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babasco

babasco is the alternative form of barbasco.

Meaning of barbasco

Noun

barbasco (countable and uncountable, plural barbascos)

  1. 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.
  2. An evergreen (Jacquinia barbasco, now Jacquinia arborea)
  3. One of several inedible wild Mexican yams (Dioscorea mexicana and Dioscorea composita) from which progesterone can be synthesized.

Questions about babasco

What is babasco the alternative form of?
Babasco is the alternative form of barbasco.

Words near babasco in the dictionary

  1. babariga
  2. babarigas
  3. Babars
  4. babas
  5. babas au rhum
  6. babasco
  7. babash
  8. babassu
  9. babassus
  10. Babati
  11. Babatngon

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