ecballium(n = noun.plant) genus ecballium - exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber;
is a kind of dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus
is a member of cucurbitaceae, family cucurbitaceae, gourd family
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. [1913 Webster]