ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ecballium elaterium mean? 

• ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM (noun)
  The noun ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM has 1 sense:

1. Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ecballium elaterium; exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber; touch-me-not

Hypernyms ("Ecballium elaterium" is a kind of...):

gourd; gourd vine (any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds)

Holonyms ("Ecballium elaterium" is a member of...):

Ecballium; genus Ecballium (exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber)