Ignatius bean

A form of St Ignatius' bean — A seed of a tree of species Strychnos ignatii, with similar properties to nux vomica.

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Meanings

nounIgnatius bean (plural Ignatius beans)

plural Ignatius beans

  1. alternativeAlternative form of St Ignatius' bean (Strychnos ignatii)

    We procure strychnin most easily from the Ignatius beans […]

    1853, Carl Jacob Löwig, Principles of organic and physiological chemistry, page 379
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