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Definition of Physostigma
1. Noun. African woody vines: calabar beans.
Exact synonyms: Genus Physostigma
Generic synonyms: Plant Genus
Group relationships: Fabaceae, Family Fabaceae, Family Leguminosae, Legume Family, Leguminosae, Pea Family
Member holonyms: Calabar-bean Vine, Physostigma Venenosum
Generic synonyms: Plant Genus
Group relationships: Fabaceae, Family Fabaceae, Family Leguminosae, Legume Family, Leguminosae, Pea Family
Member holonyms: Calabar-bean Vine, Physostigma Venenosum
Medical Definition of Physostigma
1. The dried seed of Physostigma venenosum (family Leguminosae), a vine of western Africa; it contains the alkaloids physostigmine (eserine), eseramine, eseridine (geneserine) and physovenine; in toxic doses it causes vomiting, colic, salivation, diarrhoea, convulsions, sweating, dyspnea, vertigo, slow pulse, and extreme prostration. Synonym: Calabar bean, ordeal bean. Origin: G. Physa, bellows, + stigma, a mark, spot; so called because of the shape of the stigma (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Physostigma
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