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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Cal·a·bar /ˈkæləˌbɑr/

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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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