noun 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.
ECBALLIUM
Meaning of ECBALLIUM in English
Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012