“barbasco”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

barbasco

释义

‖ barbasco|bɑːˈbæskəʊ|
[Amer. Sp., app. alt. of Sp. verbasco, ad. L. verbascum mullein.]
The popular name of a variety of S. American plants, chiefly of the family Lonchocarpus, the roots of which yield a poison; hence, the poison obtained from such a plant.
1860Mayne Reid Odd People 53 They [sc. the Amazonian Indians]..fish with a harpoon spear..and sometimes by poisoning the water with the juice of a vine called barbasco.Ibid. 61 The deadly poisons of barbasco and mavacure.1934Discovery Sept. 251/1 Whereas such insect controls as Derris root..and Barbasco (Lonchocarpus nicon) are definitely exotic, pyrethrum is at home almost anywhere in the temperate zone.1957Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 23) 166/2 Barbasco, tropical plants, Jacquinia paramensis and Paullinia pinnata: used as fish poisons.

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