Calabar bean
Calabar bean
noun
the violently poisonous seed of an African climbing plant, Physostigma venenosum, of the legume family, the active principle of which is physostigmine.
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Calabar bean (ˌkæləˈbɑː, ˈkæləˌbɑː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| the dark brown very poisonous seed of a leguminous woody climbing plant, Physostigma venenosum of tropical Africa, used as a source of the drug physostigmine | |
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Calabar bean Cal·a·bar bean (kāl'ə-bär)
n.
The poisonous seed of a tropical western African woody vine in the pea family and source of the drug physostigmine.
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