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snuff box sea bean

noun

Definitions

  1. Variously the St. Thomas bean (Entada phaseoloides) or the African dream herb (Entada…

    Variously the St. Thomas bean (Entada phaseoloides) or the African dream herb (Entada rheedei).

    • The seeds of the snuff box, sea bean (Entada scandens) are mentioned in Norse literature as early as 1632 as of inorganic origin and were often considered to have been formed by the waves and called solvent stones.
    • Entada phaseoloides (Linnaeus) Merrill, also called Entada scandens, the match-box bean or snuff-box sea bean

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