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A term used variously to describe trees whose products have been used in ordeal tests.
A poisonous tree of Madagascar (Cerbera manghas (syn. Tanghinia venenifera). Those suspected of crime were forced to eat the seeds of the plumlike fruit, and criminals were put to death by being pricked with a lance dipped in the juice of the seeds.
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A term used variously to describe trees whose products have been used in ordeal tests.
A similar tree (Erythrophleum spp.) put to similar use in Liberia; sassywood.
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A term used variously to describe trees whose products have been used in ordeal tests.
A deciduous tree of the African savanna, 1.8-15 m tall, with a rounded crown and pendulous branchlets (Crossopteryx febrifuga).
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evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bushman's poison, Acocanthera oppositifolia, Acocanthera venenata
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Broader terms: shrub, bush
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