About The Word Calabar
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Calabar
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What's The Definition Of Calabar?Synonyms | Synonyms for Calabar: Related Terms | Find terms related to Calabar: See Also | Calabar In Webster's Dictionary \Cal"a*bar\, n.
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.
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