Definition of Ecballium

1. Noun. Exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber.


Definition of Ecballium

1. 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.

Medical Definition 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. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. See Ecbole. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ecballium

ebur dentis
EBV
EBV
EB virus
EC
EC
ecad
ecads
ecardines
ecarte
ecartes
ecarteur
ecaudate
ecaudate
ecballium (current term)
Ecballium
Ecballium elaterium
ecbole
ecboles
ecbolic
ecbolic
ecbolics
ecboline
ECBO virus
ECC
ecce
eccentric
eccentric
eccentrically
eccentricities

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