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单词 calabar bean
释义

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.
Also called ordeal bean.

Origin of Calabar bean

1875–80; named after Calabar, Nigeria

Words nearby Calabar bean

cakra, cakravartin, cal, calaba, Calabar, Calabar bean, calabash, calabaza, calabazilla, calabogus, calaboose
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British Dictionary definitions for Calabar bean

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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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