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noun - West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood
Any of several tropical American plants, as in the genus Lonchocarpus, that contain a substance that can stun or paralyze fish.
Any of several Mexican plants of the genus Dioscorea having a large, inedible root that yields an extract used as a raw material for synthetic steroid hormones.
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WI island company loses complete south American plant |
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Jun 28 2002 The Times - Cryptic |
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West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood |
Any of several tropical American plants, as in the genus Lonchocarpus, that contain a substance that can stun or paralyze fish. |
Any of several Mexican plants of the genus Dioscorea having a large, inedible root that yields an extract used as a raw material for synthetic steroid hormones. |
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Barbasco is the name of several plants that contain poisonous chemical compounds that have been used for fishing by indigenous populations of the Americas:* Lonchocarpus urucu, used by Shuar and Nukak peoples as a poison for fishing. * Deguelia utilis, used in Brazil and Peru as a poison for fishing. * Jacquinia barbasco, an evergreen. * One of several inedible wild Mexican yam (Dioscorea mexicana and Dioscorea composita) from which progesterone can be synthesized. |