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Webster 1913 Edition
Calabar
Cal′a-bar
,Noun.
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.