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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Ecballium
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ec·bal·li·um n.  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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Ecballium
      n : exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber [syn: genus
           Ecballium]