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noundark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine; source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft
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Origin
It was formerly used by the natives in trials for witchcraft.
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ordeal bean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ordeal%20bean
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“ordeal bean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ordeal%20bean. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ordeal bean,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ordeal%20bean.
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