| Definition of 'elaterium' |
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1. (noun) elaterium
a cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly called Momordica Elaterium)
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. elaterium
a drug obtained from the mucus of the fruit of the squirting cucumber; is a most powerful purgative, and was known to the ancients.
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