释义 |
cal·a·bar bean \ˈkaləˌbär-, -bȧ-\ noun Usage: usually capitalized C Etymology: from Calabar, Nigeria : the dark brown highly poisonous seed of a tropical African woody vine (Physostigma venenosum) of the family Leguminosae serving as a source of physostigmine and as an ordeal bean in native witchcraft trials |