Definition of Ordeal tree
(Bot.)
a
poisonous
tree
of
Madagascar
(
Tanghinia
venenata
syn
.
Cerbera
venenata
).
Persons
suspected
of
crime
are
forced
to
eat
the
seeds
of
the
plumlike
fruit
,
and
criminals
are
put
to
death
by
being
pricked
with
a
lance
dipped
in
the
juice
of
the
seeds
.
See also:
Ordeal
Related Words
Acocanthera
,
Acocanthera
oppositifolia
,
Acocanthera
venenata
,
Acokanthera
,
bush
,
bushman
'
s
poison
,
genus
Acocanthera
,
genus
Acokanthera
,
shrub
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