"Calabar bean" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Calabar beans [plural]
Etymology: From its ancient use in trial by ordeal in the Calabar region of Nigeria. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Calabar bean (plural Calabar beans)
  1. A seed of a tropical leguminous plant of species Physostigma venenosum of tropical Africa, poisonous to humans. Categories (topical): Poisons Categories (lifeform): Phaseoleae tribe plants Synonyms: ordeal bean

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