Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name in Porto Rico, Cuba, and other Spanish-speaking countries of a number of shrubs and trees bearing poisonous seeds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a West Indian shrub or small tree (
Jacquinia keyensis ) having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood
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Examples
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We would not employ the barbasco, that is to say, the roots of the
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We would not employ the barbasco, that is to say, the roots of the Piscidea erithyrna, the Jacquinia armillaris, and some species of phyllanthus, which thrown into the pool, intoxicate or benumb the eels.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Other species are very valuable for the non-wood products they provide; this is true of the tagua palm (Phytelephas aequatorialis) and "barbasco" (Jacquinia sprucei).
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Out of these, when properly pounded together, Guapo intended to make the celebrated "barbasco," or fish-poison, which is used by all the Indians of South America in capturing fish.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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Out of these, when properly pounded together, Guapo intended to make the celebrated "barbasco," or fish-poison, which is used by all the Indians of South America in capturing fish.
The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850
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Temi, as a kind of barbasco, to intoxicate fish; and finally, the liana, known in those countries by the name of vejuco de mavacure, which yields the famous curare poison.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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"curare de raiz;" and with others the poison is produced by a mixture of several species of juices from the plant _Ambihuasca_, tobacco, red pepper, a bark called "barbasco," from a tree of the genus _Jacquinia_, and a plant of the name "sarnango."
The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850
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"barbasco," from a tree of the genus _Jacquinia_, and a plant of the name "sarnango."
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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In the 1950s, barbasco was heavily harvested for diosgenin, which is an ingredient of contraceptive products.
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Known to the Ingano as sacha barbasco, it was one of four fish poisons collected that first morning.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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