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Meaning of "barbasco" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BARBASCO

barbasco  [bɑːˈbæskəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BARBASCO

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Barbasco is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BARBASCO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Barbasco

Barbasco is the name of several plants that contain poisonous chemical compounds that have been used for fishing by Indigenous populations of the Americas: ▪ A plant - used by Shuar and Nukak peoples as a poison for fishing. ▪ An evergreen ▪ One of several inedible wild Mexican yam ) from which progesterone can be synthesized.

Definition of barbasco in the English dictionary

The definition of barbasco in the dictionary is 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; by extension, the popular name for any of a variety of South American plants producing similar poisons. Other definition of barbasco is the poison produced by barbasco plants.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BARBASCO


alfresco
ælˈfrɛskəʊ
atamasco
ˌætəˈmæskəʊ
ayahuasco
ˌaɪəˈhwæskəʊ
bergamasko
ˌbɜːɡəˈmæskəʊ
brasco
ˈbræskəʊ
casco
ˈkæskəʊ
chubasco
tʃʊˈbæskəʊ
cisco
ˈsɪskəʊ
disco
ˈdɪskəʊ
Disko
ˈdɪskəʊ
Enesco
ɛˈnɛskəʊ
fiasco
fɪˈæskəʊ
fresco
ˈfrɛskəʊ
Kosciusko
ˌkɒsɪˈʌskəʊ
Lambrusco
læmˈbrʊskəʊ
Morisco
məˈrɪskəʊ
Moscow
ˈmɒskəʊ
pisco
ˈpɪskəʊ
Tabasco
təˈbæskəʊ
UNESCO
juːˈnɛskəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BARBASCO

barbarisation
barbarise
barbarism
barbarities
barbarity
barbarization
barbarize
Barbarossa
barbarous
barbarously
barbarousness
Barbary
Barbary ape
Barbary Coast
Barbary duck
Barbary horse
Barbary sheep
barbastel
barbastelle
barbate

WORDS THAT END LIKE BARBASCO

banco
Blanco
Cerro de Pasco
chico
churrigueresco
co
coco
Cusco
eco
Franco
gauchesco
Jalisco
loco
Mexico
Monaco
Moresco
morocco
poco
Puerto Rico
San Francisco

Synonyms and antonyms of barbasco in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «barbasco» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

barbasco
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

barbasco
570 millions of speakers

English

barbasco
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

barbasco
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

barbasco
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

barbasco
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

barbasco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

barbasco
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

barbasco
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Barbasco
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

barbasco
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

barbasco
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

barbasco
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Barbasco
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

barbasco
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

barbasco
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बार्बास्को
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

barbasco
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Barbasco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

barbasco
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

barbasco
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

barbasco
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

barbasco
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

barbasco
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

barbasco
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Barbasco
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of barbasco

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BARBASCO»

The term «barbasco» is normally little used and occupies the 128.964 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BARBASCO» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about barbasco

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BARBASCO»

Discover the use of barbasco in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to barbasco and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Jungle Laboratories: Mexican Peasants, National Projects, ...
On a national level, unbeknownst to most pickers, the act of barbasco gathering also gained value. Newspaper headlines echoed this association when they reported that “[CAMpESINOS] DEMAND THAT THE [STEROID] INDUSTRY BE ...
Gabriela Soto Laveaga, 2009
2
Populism in Twentieth Century Mexico: The Presidencies of ...
these classes was the divisions created between landless barbasqueros and ejidatarios who began to understand barbasco's medicinal uses. Many ejidatarios began to buy barbasco from the libres (landless peasants) and then resell it to ...
Amelia Marie Kiddle, Mar’a Leonor Olin Mu–oz, 2010
3
Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, ...
... 8570 barbasco bravo, 8570 barbasco caspi, 2771, 5453 barbasco de agua salada, 1467 barbas de chivo, 55 barbas de gallo, 16933 barbasco de mata, 4825 barbasco de monte, 2253, 8570 barbasco estrella, 12138 barbasco negro, 2949, ...
M.M. Grandtner, Julien Chevrette, 2013
4
To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South ...
Thus when men and women fish together with barbasco, the men do so with bows and arrows and the women with nets called fahi. But most activities demand no such collaboration, and the daily working lives of tribal members are spent ...
David M. Guss, 1990
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Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of Latin America
Barbanda, 67 Barbary Fig, 490 Barbascao, 532 Barbasco, 174, 214, 220, 234, 257, 265,372,384,391,511, 559, 701, 710 Barbasco Amarillo, 220, 559 Barbasco del Monte, 257 Barbasco de Monte, 174 Barbasco de Raiz, 701 Barbasco Jancu,  ...
James A. Duke, 2008
6
Education in the Age of Biocapitalism: Optimizing ...
As the cornerstone to the oral contraceptive industry, the barbasco plant itself held the biochemical key to reproducing synthetic chemical compounds that would alter the drug market and the political landscape of human reproduction ...
Clayton Pierce, 2013
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CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: ...
in English: cube root in Peru: barbasco, barbasco del monte, barbasco legítimo, barbasco ordinario, coñapi, cube, cube barbasco, cube de almidón, huasca barbasco, kumu, marax, onman, pacai, sacha barbasco, timbo, timbo legítimo, timore, ...
Umberto Quattrocchi, 2012
8
Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural ...
Norte, Para 18 (1949) 197. Barbasco root, cube root (trade names); Quechua cube; barbasco (Peru, Bolivia); timbo macaquinho, timbo branco (Brazil); nekoe ( Suriname); haiari (Guyana). Some names are applied also for the following species ...
Peter Hanelt, Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, W. Kilian, 2001
9
Lonchocarpus Species (Barbasco, Cube, Haiari, Nekoe, and Timbo).
Botany. Cultivation.
R.C. Roark, 1936
10
The Arakmbut--mythology, Spirituality, and History
Barbasco fishing needs a woman's presence and the string bags, which are made exclusively by women, are washed in the poison down by the river after they have been completed. These string bags are also signs of spirits of the river.
Andrew Gray, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BARBASCO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term barbasco is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Regional Park Balances Forest Conservation and Local Needs
“Fishing with explosives or barbasco is prohibited,” he reminds the group. Barbasco is a poison from a plant root; traditionally used for fishing, ... «The Epoch Times, Jan 15»
2
En peligro de extinción 46 por ciento de las especies vegetales de …
Afortunadamente, en esta ocasión la intervención inmediata nos permitió propagar in vitro a este barbasco, generar hijuelos y al día de hoy ya ... «Investigación y Desarrollo, Dec 14»
3
Traditional Fishing With Poison Deployed for Science
Mizairo Enrique mashes a barbasco root to release a poison to stun fish in an traditional Amazonian fishing technique. Photograph copyright ... «National Geographic, Sep 14»
4
Excélsior en la Ciencia: La píldora anticonceptiva, ¿es de 'padres …
... por un laboratorio fundado en México, Syntex, y uno de los principales compuesto se extrajo de una planta endémica del país, el barbasco. «Excélsior, Mar 14»
5
100 years of plant biology is celebrated
For example, the chemical structure of the numbing agent found in the barbasco plant (the topic of McFerren's doctoral thesis) is similar to ... «Cornell Chronicle, Jul 13»
6
The Origin of Bioidentical Hormones
During this time, the cabeza de negro plant source for Diosgenin was replaced by the barbasco plant, containing 500% more Diosgenin. «OpEdNews, Jun 13»
7
Combining The Power Of Technology With Grassroots Insight
Are the villagers continuing to fish with net, line, and barbasco (Lonchocarpus urucu, a vegetable that stuns fish without causing harm), or are ... «Co.Exist, Nov 12»
8
The Good-Old Days of Contraception: Lemon-Peel Diaphragms and …
... that other herbs and plants recommended by ancient authors, such as cow parsnip and the wild yam called Barbasco root, contain chemicals ... «Discover Magazine, Jun 12»
9
Benevolent Maize and Ogre-Fart Chilis: Food Origin Myths
... titled “The Virtuous Manioc and the Horny Barbasco: Sublime and ... his penis and planted it, thus creating the barbasco (a plant used by the ... «Smithsonian, Aug 11»
10
One Fish, Two Fish, Stunned Fish, Clear Fish
The Zoque stun the cave mollies with an anesthetic derived from the Barbasco plant by crushing the plant and dunking it into the water. «Scienceline, Oct 10»

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