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Definition of ecballium

English to English

noun

exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber

source: WordNet 3.0

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.

source: Webster 1913

Nearby Word

ecballium, ecboline