Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CALABAR
CALABAR Cal "a *bar, n.
Defn: A district on the west coast of Africa. Calabar bean, The of a climbing legumious plant (Physostigma venenosum ), a native of tropical Africa. It is highly poisonous. It is used to produce contraction of the pupil of the eye; also in tetanus, neuralgia, and rheumatic diseases; -- called also ordeal bean, being used by the negroes in trials for witchcraft.
CALABARINE
CALABARINE Cal "a *bar *ine, n. (Chem. )
Defn: An alkaloid resembing physostigmine and occurring with it in the calabar bean.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Calabar
Cal a bar |ˈkaləˌbär, ˌkaləˈbär ˌkæləˈbɑr | a seaport in southeastern Nigeria; pop. 429,700 (est. 2005 ).
Calabar bean
Cal a bar bean ▶noun the poisonous seed of a tropical West African climbing plant, containing physostigmine and formerly used for tribal ordeals. [The plant is Physostigma venosum, family Leguminosae. ] ORIGIN late 19th cent.: named after Calabar .
Oxford Dictionary
Calabar
Calabar |ˈkaləbɑː | a seaport in Nigeria; pop. 429,700 (est. 2005 ).
Calabar bean
Cala |bar bean |ˈkaləbɑː | ▶noun the poisonous seed of a tropical West African climbing plant, containing physostigmine and formerly used for tribal ordeals. ●The plant is Physostigma venosum, family Leguminosae.
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