English Explanatory Dictionary

Calabar bean

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A seed of a tropical leguminous plant of species Physostigma venenosum of tropical Africa, poisonous to humans.

Word forms

Calabar bean Calabar beans

Etymology

From its ancient use in trial by ordeal in the Calabar region of Nigeria.

Synonyms

ordeal bean
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