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Ecballium
(gcide) | Ecballium \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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ecballium
(wn) | Ecballium
n 1: exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber [syn: Ecballium,
genus Ecballium] |
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Ecballium agreste
(gcide) | Elaterium \El`a*te"ri*um\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, neut. of ?
driving. See 2d Elater.]
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).
[1913 Webster]Elater \El"a*ter\, n. (Chem.)
The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice
of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste,
formerly Motordica Elaterium) and other related species. It
is extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance, which
is a violent purgative.
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ecballium
(wn) | Ecballium
n 1: exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber [syn: Ecballium,
genus Ecballium] |
ecballium elaterium
(wn) | Ecballium elaterium
n 1: Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe
expels its seeds and juice violently when touched [syn:
squirting cucumber, exploding cucumber, touch-me-not,
Ecballium elaterium] |
genus ecballium
(wn) | genus Ecballium
n 1: exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber [syn: Ecballium,
genus Ecballium] |
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