Ecballium definitions

Ecballium

1) Dicot genus 2) Exploding cucumber 3) Genus ecballium 4) Magnoliopsid genus
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• (n.) 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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ecballium

<botany> 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. ... Origin: NL, fr. Gr. See Ecbole. ... Source: ...
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Ecballium

Ec·bal'li·um noun [ New Latin , from Greek .... See Ecbole .] (Botany) 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 w...
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