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barbascos

barbascos is the plural 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 barbascos

What is barbascos the plural of?
Barbascos is the plural of barbasco.

Words near barbascos in the dictionary

  1. Barbary lions
  2. Barbary macaque
  3. Barbary macaques
  4. Barbary sheep
  5. barbasco
  6. barbascos
  7. barbastel
  8. barbastelle
  9. barbastelles
  10. barbastels
  11. barbat

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