Definition of ecballium Ecballium
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What does ecballium mean?
WordNet
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| ecballium - exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber | ||
| genus Ecballium | ||
| dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination | ||
| cucurbitaceae, family cucurbitaceae, gourd family a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin) | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ecballium (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.
Part of speech
🔤- ecballium, noun, singular of ecballiums / ecballia.
