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单词 Calabar bean
释义

Calabar bean

noun

Cal·​a·​bar bean ˈka-lə-ˌbär- How to pronounce Calabar bean (audio)
: the dark brown highly poisonous leguminous seed of a tropical west African woody vine (Physostigma venenosum) that is used as a source of physostigmine and was used formerly as an ordeal poison in African witchcraft trials

Word History

Etymology

Calabar, Nigeria

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

Calabar bean

noun

Cal·​a·​bar bean ˈkal-ə-ˌbär- How to pronounce Calabar bean (audio)
: the dark brown poisonous seed of a tropical African woody vine of the genus Physostigma (P. venenosum) that is used as a source of physostigmine
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