barbasco

== English == === Etymology === From American Spanish barbasco, perhaps alteration of Spanish verbasco, varbasco (“mullein”), from Latin verbascum. === Noun === barbasco (countable and uncountable, plural barbascos) 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. An evergreen (Jacquinia barbasco, now Jacquinia arborea) One of several inedible wild Mexican yams (Dioscorea mexicana and Dioscorea composita) from which progesterone can be synthesized. === See also === cubé resin cubé (Derris utilis, syn. Lonchocarpus utilis) === References === === Further reading === Lonchocarpus+utilis at The Plant List == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -asku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃku Hyphenation: bar‧bas‧co === Noun === barbasco m (plural barbascos) figwort (plant of family Scrophulariaceae) === Further reading === “barbasco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “barbasco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026