HyperDic English ORDEAL ... ordeal bean

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English 1 sense of the expression *ordeal bean*:
NOUN	plant	ordeal bean, calabar bean	dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine

Englishordeal bean: 1 sense noun 1, plant
Meaning	dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine; source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft.
Synonym	calabar bean
Part of	calabar-bean vine, Physostigma venenosum	Tropical African woody vine yielding calabar beans
Broader	bean	Any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans

HyperDicEnglishORDEAL ... ordeal bean