barbasco

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

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

词形变化

barbascos plural

词汇关系

相关词
cubé resin cubé

词源

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