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Physostigma venenosum Physostigmine Phy`so*stig"mine, n. (Chem.)
An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of
Physostigma venenosum), and extracted as a white,
tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; -- formerly
called eserine, with which it was regarded as identical.
Physostigma venenosum Calabar 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.
