Definition of Ordeal bean

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

Exact synonyms: Calabar Bean
Group relationships: Calabar-bean Vine, Physostigma Venenosum
Generic synonyms: Bean

Definition of Ordeal bean

1. Noun. The Calabar bean. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Ordeal bean

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 Ordeal Bean

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ordeal bean (current term)
ordeal tree
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order-Chenopodiales
order-in-council
order Acarina
order Accipitriformes
order Actinaria
order Actiniaria
order Actinomycetales
order Actinomyxidia
order Aepyorniformes
order Agaricales
order Alcyonaria

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