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Definisi 'ecballium'
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English to English noun
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exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber |  | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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