ORDEAL BEAN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

calabar bean; ordeal bean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("ordeal bean" is a kind of...):

bean (any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans)

Holonyms ("ordeal bean" is a part of...):

calabar-bean vine; Physostigma venenosum (tropical African woody vine yielding calabar beans)