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Definition of Elaterium

Elaterium
Elaterium El`a*te"ri*um, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, neut. of ? driving. See 2d Elater.] A cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly called Momordica Elaterium).

Meaning of Elaterium from wikipedia

- plants in the family Cucurbitaceae containing a single species, Ecballium elaterium, also called the squirting cu****ber, as well as the noli me tangere[citation...
- of a medication known as elaterium. However, some scholars[who?] believe that he was instead referring to Ecballium elaterium, known in pre-Linnean times...
- Ecballium elaterium Citrullus colocynthis, Cucurbita andreana, deters feeding by flea beetle: 55  Hexanorcucurbitacin I from Ecballium elaterium: 56  23...
- preparation of a medication known as elaterium. However, some scholars believe that he was instead referring to Ecballium elaterium, known in pre-Linnean times...
- Oxalia acetosella and Ecballium elaterium, turgor pressure is the method by which seeds are dis****d. In Ecballium elaterium, or squirting cu****ber, turgor...
- brachystachya, the exploding cu****ber (but not to be confused with Ecballium elaterium), in the cucurbit or gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), is a herbaceous vine...
- Telegraph plant (Codariocalyx motorius) Squirting cu****ber (Ecballium elaterium) Cardamine hirsuta and other Cardamine spp. have seed pods which explode...
- being touched, leading it to be called the "touch-me-not". Ecballium elaterium, the "squirting cu****ber", uses explosive dehiscence to dis**** its seeds...
- autochorously include: Arceuthobium spp., Cardamine hirsuta, Ecballium elaterium, Euphorbia heterophylla, Geranium spp., Impatiens spp., Sucrea spp, Raddia...
- flowers lurid yellow with purple veins and speckles), and Ecballium elaterium (in its early vegetative stages, which has co**** hairs and very prominent...