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ecballium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ecbal-li-um
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Questions

What does ecballium mean?
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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