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Noun: ordeal tree
  1. Evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa
    "Tribal elders used ordeal tree in traditional justice ceremonies";
    - bushman's poison, Acocanthera oppositifolia, Acocanthera venenata

Derived forms: ordeal trees

Type of: bush, shrub

Part of: Acocanthera, Acokanthera, genus Acocanthera, genus Acokanthera