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barbasco in American English
any of several Mexican plants (genus Dioscorea) of the yam family having a large, inedible root that yields extracts used in making synthetic steroidal hormones
noun: a shrub or small tree, Jacquinia barbasco, of tropical America, the source of a substance used to stun fish so they can be caught easily

barbasco in British English
noun: an evergreen South American plant, Jacquinia barbasco, which produces a poison harmless to humans but useful for stunning fish to make them easy to catch

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