Ecballium - Law Dictionary Search Results
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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...
Elaterium
A cathartic substance obtained in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes as the dried residue of the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber Ecballium agreste formerly called Momordica Elaterium...
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