barbasco
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- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 17
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- 8
Definition of barbasco
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)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.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)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.
- (countable, uncountable)An evergreen (Jacquinia barbasco, now Jacquinia arborea)
- (countable, uncountable)One of several inedible wild Mexican yams (Dioscorea mexicana and Dioscorea composita) from which progesterone can be synthesized.
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Etymology
From American Spanish barbasco, perhaps alteration of Spanish verbasco, varbasco (“mullein”), from Latin verbascum.
Words you can make from barbasco
110 playable · top: CABOBS (12 pts)
Best play cabobs 12 points6-letter words
6 words5-letter words
19 words4-letter words
41 words- COBB 10 pts
- ABBA 8 pts
- BABA 8 pts
- BARB 8 pts
- BOBS 8 pts
- CABS 8 pts
- CARB 8 pts
- COBS 8 pts
- CRAB 8 pts
- SCAB 8 pts
- ABAS 6 pts
- ACRO 6 pts
- ARBS 6 pts
- ARCO 6 pts
- ARCS 6 pts
- BAAS 6 pts
- BARS 6 pts
- BOAR 6 pts
- BOAS 6 pts
- BORA 6 pts
- BRAS 6 pts
- BROS 6 pts
- CARS 6 pts
- CASA 6 pts
- CORS 6 pts
- OBAS 6 pts
- OCAS 6 pts
- ORBS 6 pts
- ORCA 6 pts
- ORCS 6 pts
- ROBS 6 pts
- ROCS 6 pts
- SCAR 6 pts
- SOBA 6 pts
- SOCA 6 pts
- SORB 6 pts
- AROS 4 pts
- OARS 4 pts
- OSAR 4 pts
- SOAR 4 pts
- SORA 4 pts
3-letter words
34 words- BOB 7 pts
- CAB 7 pts
- COB 7 pts
- ABA 5 pts
- ABS 5 pts
- ARB 5 pts
- ARC 5 pts
- BAA 5 pts
- BAR 5 pts
- BAS 5 pts
- BOA 5 pts
- BOS 5 pts
- BRA 5 pts
- BRO 5 pts
- CAR 5 pts
- COR 5 pts
- COS 5 pts
- OBA 5 pts
- OCA 5 pts
- ORB 5 pts
- ORC 5 pts
- ROB 5 pts
- ROC 5 pts
- SAB 5 pts
- SAC 5 pts
- SOB 5 pts
- SOC 5 pts
- AAS 3 pts
- ARO 3 pts
- ARS 3 pts
- OAR 3 pts
- ORA 3 pts
- ORS 3 pts
- RAS 3 pts
2-letter words
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