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calabar bean::noun | Spocien Dictionary

calabar bean

/,kælə'bɑr_bin/

dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine; source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft

Type	Words
Synonyms	ordeal bean
Type of	bean

calabar bean

He said that the calabar bean was commonly used by African witch doctors for voodoo.

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Percy's work synthesizing physostigmine, a substance in the calabar bean, elevated his status in scientific circles.

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