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Ecballium

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

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

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