English > Ecballium: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber. |
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Synonym | genus Ecballium |
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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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Members | squirting cucumber, exploding cucumber, touch-me-not, Ecballium elaterium | Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched |
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Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
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Spanish | ecballium, género ecballium, genus ecballium, pepino del diablo |
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Catalan | ecballium, genus ecballium |
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