Ecballium

Definition of Ecballium

Ec`bal´li`um

n.

1.

(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.

Related Words

Cucurbitaceae, dicot genus, Ecballium elaterium, exploding cucumber, family Cucurbitaceae, genus Ecballium, gourd family, magnoliopsid genus, squirting cucumber, touch-me-not

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