Calabar bean

Definitions of calabar bean

noun
dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine; source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft

synonyms: ordeal bean

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bean
any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans

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