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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bar•bas•co (bär bas′kō, -bä′skō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cos. - Plant Biologya shrub or small tree, Jacquinia barbasco, of tropical America, the source of a substance used to stun fish so they can be caught easily.
- Plant Biologyany similar plant yielding a substance that stuns or kills fish.
- Plant Biologythe fish-stunning or fish-killing substance obtained from these plants.
- Latin verbascum
- American Spanish, said to be alteration of verbasco mullein
- 1855–60
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