Calabar beans - Calabar beans
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〘Noun〙 (Calabar) A climbing perennial plant of the legume family native to Africa. The leaves are trilobular. Many butterfly-shaped dark red flowers grow in clusters in the leaf axils. The seeds contain alkaloids, which have the special effect of calming convulsions and constricting the pupils . Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information |
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〘名〙 (カラバルはCalabar) アフリカ原産のマメ科のつる性多年草。葉は三小葉。葉腋に蝶形の暗赤色の花を総状に多数つける。種子はアルカロイドを含有し、痙攣(けいれん)をしずめたり、瞳孔(どうこう)を縮めさせる特効がある。
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