barbasco

/bahr-bas-koh, -bah-skoh/US // bɑrˈbæs koʊ, -ˈbɑ skoʊ //

巴尔博斯科,巴斯克,巴尔巴斯科,巴巴多斯

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural bar·bas·cos.
- : 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.
- : any similar plant yielding a substance that stuns or kills fish.
- : the fish-stunning or fish-killing substance obtained from these plants.

The Savanerics poison pools with pounded leaves of the barbasco, and thus obtain fish without much labor.
They catch fish with bone hooks, seines, spears, and by poisoning the water with barbasco.