Ecballium

noun

1. exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber

   noun.plant

   Synonyms genus ecballium

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species <i>Ecballium agreste</i> (or <i>Elaterium</i>), 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.

   noun

   Source: webster1913