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Ecballium elaterium — Taxobox| name = Squirting Cucumber image caption=A fruit of the squirting cucumber image width=200px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Cucurbitales familia = Cucurbitaceae genus = Ecballium species = E.… … Wikipedia
Ecballium — noun exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber • Syn: ↑genus Ecballium • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cucurbitaceae, ↑family Cucurbitaceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Ecballium elaterium — noun Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched • Syn: ↑squirting cucumber, ↑exploding cucumber, ↑touch me not • Hypernyms: ↑gourd, ↑gourd vine • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Ecballium — ID 28932 Symbol Key ECBAL Common Name squirting cucumber Family Cucurbitaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity N/A US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AL, NY, PA Growth Habit N/A … USDA Plant Characteristics
Ecballium elaterium — ID 28933 Symbol Key ECEL Common Name squirting cucumber Family Cucurbitaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Introduced to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AL, NY, PA Growth Habit Forb/herb … USDA Plant Characteristics
Ecballium — Ec*bal li*um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See {Ecbole}.] (Bot.) 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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dicot genus — noun genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination • Syn: ↑magnoliopsid genus • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑magnoliid dicot genus, ↑hamamelid dicot genus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
magnoliopsid genus — noun genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination • Syn: ↑dicot genus • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑magnoliid dicot genus, ↑hamamelid dicot genus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
squirting cucumber — noun Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched • Syn: ↑exploding cucumber, ↑touch me not, ↑Ecballium elaterium • Hypernyms: ↑gourd, ↑gourd vine • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
touch-me-not — noun 1. prostrate or semi erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled • Syn: ↑sensitive plant, ↑shame… … Useful english dictionary
