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Ecballium
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What's The Definition Of Ecballium?
[n] exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber
Synonyms | Synonyms for Ecballium: genus Ecballium Related Terms | Find terms related to Ecballium: See Also | Cucurbitaceae | dicot genus | Ecballium elaterium | exploding cucumber | family Cucurbitaceae | gourd family | magnoliopsid genus | squirting cucumber | touch-me-not Ecballium In Webster's Dictionary \Ec*bal"li*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See {Ecbole}.]
(Bot.)
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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