English Explanatory Dictionary

ordeal bean

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Calabar bean (Physostigma venenosum).

Word forms

ordeal bean ordeal beans

Etymology

It was formerly used by the natives in trials for witchcraft.

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