noun
Meaning 1
A Calabar bean (Physostigma venenosum).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
ordeal bean
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noun
Meaning 2
dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine; source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: calabar bean
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bean
History
Etymology
It was formerly used by the natives in trials for witchcraft.