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Noun: barbasco
  1. West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood
    "Indigenous people used barbasco to stun fish in streams";
    - joewood, Jacquinia keyensis

Derived forms: barbascos

Type of: bush, shrub

Part of: genus Jacquinia, Jacquinia

Encyclopedia: Barbasco