Canadian English Meaning of ecballium
squirting cucumber
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Definitions and Meaning of ecballium in English
ecballium (n)
exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber
ecballium (n.)
A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species 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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squirting cucumber
exploding cucumber; squirting cucumberA genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its frui
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ecaudate => caudate, ecarte => écarté, ecardines => dandelions, ec => ec, ebv => Epstein–Barr virus,
