Calabarn.
/ˌkaləˈbɑː/, /ˈkaləbɑː/, U.S. /ˌkæləˈbɑr/, West African English /ˌkalaˈba/ Calabar-bean n. the seed of Physostigma venenosum, a climbing leguminous plant of West Africa. Used as a remedy in certain diseases.Also called the Ordeal-bean, as it is administered to people suspected of witchcraft.
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1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 654.
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calabarine n. ‘an alkaloid found in the Calabar bean’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).
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1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 310.
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