Found 2 items, similar to Ecballium.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Ecballium Ecballium n : exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber [syn: genus Ecballium ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ecballium 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, together with a mucilaginous juice, from which elaterium, a powerful cathartic medicine, is prepared. [1913 Webster] ||