NOUN | plant | Ecballium elaterium, squirting cucumber, exploding cucumber, touch-me-not | Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched |
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Meaning | Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched. | |
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Synonyms | squirting cucumber, exploding cucumber, touch-me-not | |
Member of | Ecballium, genus Ecballium | exploding cucumber |
Broader | gourd, gourd vine | Any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds |
Spanish | cohombrillo amargo | |
Catalan | cogombre amarg, cogombret |
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