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ECBALLIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber

Synonyms:

Ecballium; genus Ecballium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Ecballium" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Ecballium"):

Ecballium elaterium; exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber; touch-me-not (Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched)

Holonyms ("Ecballium" is a member of...):

Cucurbitaceae; family Cucurbitaceae; gourd family (a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin))

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