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ECBALLIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ecballium mean?
• ECBALLIUM (noun)
The noun ECBALLIUM has 1 sense:
1. exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber
Familiarity information: ECBALLIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Ecballium; genus Ecballium
Hypernyms ("Ecballium" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "Ecballium"):
Ecballium elaterium; exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber; touch-me-not (Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched)
Holonyms ("Ecballium" is a member of...):
Cucurbitaceae; family Cucurbitaceae; gourd family (a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin))
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