meaning of ecballium
1. 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.
2. exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber
Related Words
ecballium | ecballium elaterium |
