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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

squirting cucumber

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables
squirt-ing cu-cum-ber
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The plant Ecballium elaterium, a member of the cucumber family (Cucurbitaceae)

Etymology

So named because when the fruit is fully ripe it squirts a stream of mucilaginous liquid containing its seeds.

Inflected Forms

squirting cucumbers (plural)

Synonyms

exploding cucumber noli me tangere touch-me-not wild cucumber ecballium elaterium

Questions

What does squirting cucumber mean?
The plant Ecballium elaterium, a member of the cucumber family (Cucurbitaceae)
Where does squirting cucumber come from?
So named because when the fruit is fully ripe it squirts a stream of mucilaginous liquid containing its seeds.

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