ordeal bean
ordeal bean · ordeal beans
A Calabar beanA Calabar bean (Physostigma venenosum).
Meaning
1 sensesA Calabar bean (Physostigma venenosum).
More definitions
- dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine; source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft
Origin
It was formerly used by the natives in trials for witchcraft.It was formerly used by the natives in trials for witchcraft.
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Forms
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine; source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft:calabar bean
See also
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