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verbascum
2 English words descend from Latin
verbascum
, most common first.
verbascum
A mullein (of genus Verbascum)
barbasco
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.