Definitions of calabar bean [ˌkæl əˈbɑr, ˈkæl əˌbɑr]

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Calabar bean
the poisonous seed of an African climbing plant, Physostigma venenosum, of the legume family, the active principle of which is physostigmine.

Etymology: (1875–80; after Calabar)

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1. (noun) calabar bean, ordeal bean
dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine; source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft

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The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. calabar bean
seed of an African bean, employed in medicine, known as the Ordeal Bean, as, being poisonous, having been used to test the innocence of people charged with witchcraft.

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