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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.
Calabar bean
/ ˌkæləˈbɑː; ˈkæləˌbɑː /
noun
- 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of Calabar bean1
1875–80; named after Calabar, Nigeria
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