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PHYSOSTIGMA VENENOSUM

Dictionary entry overview: What does Physostigma venenosum mean?

• PHYSOSTIGMA VENENOSUM (noun)
The noun PHYSOSTIGMA VENENOSUM has 1 sense:

1. tropical African woody vine yielding calabar beans

Familiarity information: PHYSOSTIGMA VENENOSUM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PHYSOSTIGMA VENENOSUM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Tropical African woody vine yielding calabar beans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

calabar-bean vine; Physostigma venenosum

Hypernyms ("Physostigma venenosum" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Meronyms (parts of "Physostigma venenosum"):

calabar bean; ordeal bean (dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine; source of physostigmine and used in native witchcraft)

Holonyms ("Physostigma venenosum" is a member of...):

genus Physostigma; Physostigma (African woody vines: calabar beans)

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PHYSOSTIGMA VENENOSUM: related words searches

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