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BARBASCO

Dictionary entry overview: What does barbasco mean?

• BARBASCO (noun)
The noun BARBASCO has 1 sense:

1. West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood

Familiarity information: BARBASCO used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BARBASCO (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

barbasco; Jacquinia keyensis; joewood

Hypernyms ("barbasco" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches)

Holonyms ("barbasco" is a member of...):

genus Jacquinia; Jacquinia (sometimes placed in family Myrsinaceae)

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