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noun
A plant (Lonchocarpus urucu, now Deguelia rufescens var. urucu) native to parts of northern South America used as a poison for fishing and an insecticide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An evergreen (Jacquinia barbasco, now Jacquinia arborea)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
One of several inedible wild Mexican yams (Dioscorea mexicana and Dioscorea composita) from which progesterone can be synthesized.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: joewood, Jacquinia keyensis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shrub, bush
History
From American Spanish barbasco, perhaps alteration of Spanish verbasco, varbasco (“mullein”), from Latin verbascum.
