| NOUN | plant | genus Ecballium, Ecballium | exploding cucumber |
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| Meaning | exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber. | |
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| Synonym | Ecballium | |
| Member of | Cucurbitaceae, family Cucurbitaceae, gourd family | A family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin) |
| 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 |
| Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
| Spanish | ecballium, género ecballium, genus ecballium, pepino del diablo | |
| Catalan | ecballium, genus ecballium | |
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