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ordeal bean

ordeal bean noun: a Calabar bean (Physostigma venenosum).

Noun

ordeal bean (plural ordeal beans)

  1. A Calabar bean (Physostigma venenosum).

Forms of ordeal bean

pluralordeal beans

Origin of ordeal bean

It was formerly used by the natives in trials for witchcraft.

Questions about ordeal bean

What does ordeal bean mean?
Ordeal bean means a Calabar bean (Physostigma venenosum).
What part of speech is ordeal bean?
Ordeal bean is a noun.
What is the plural of ordeal bean?
The plural of ordeal bean is ordeal beans.

Words near ordeal bean in the dictionary

  1. ordanchite
  2. ordanchites
  3. ordas
  4. orde
  5. ordeal
  6. ordeal bean
  7. ordeal beans
  8. ordeal tree
  9. ordeal trees
  10. ordeals
  11. ordenance

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