Czech Meaning of ecballium

střelní okurka

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Definitions and Meaning of ecballium in English

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ecballium (n)

exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber

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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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střelní okurka

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 => bezocasý, ecarte => écarté, ecardines => pýr obecný, ec => ek, ebv => virus Epstein-Barrové,