| Definition of 'ecballium' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Ecballium, genus Ecballium
exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber
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1. (noun) ecballium
a genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its fruit, when ripe, bursts and violently ejects its seeds, together with a mucilaginous juice, from which elaterium, a powerful cathartic medicine, is prepared
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