Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ordeal bean

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: or-deal bean
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Calabar bean (Physostigma venenosum).

Etymology

It was formerly used by the natives in trials for witchcraft.

Inflected Forms

ordeal beans (plural)

Synonyms

calabar bean

Questions

What does ordeal bean mean?: A Calabar bean (Physostigma venenosum).
Where does ordeal bean come from?: It was formerly used by the natives in trials for witchcraft.

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