[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ecballium \ecbal"lium\, n. nl., fr. gr. ?. see ecbole.
   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.
   1913 webster
see also:
ecbole 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ecballium
     n : exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber syn: genus
         ecballium
see also:
genus ecballium 

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