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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 cucumberplay

  Familiarity information: ECBALLIUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ECBALLIUM (noun)


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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