Definition of Elatirium
Elaterium, a drug obtained from the mucus of the fruit of the
squirting cucumber; is a most powerful purgative, and was known to the
ancients.
- Wikipedia
El`a*te"ri*um (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;,
neut. of &?; driving. See 2d Elater.] A cathartic
substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes, as
the dried residue of the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber
(Ecballium agreste, formerly called Momordica
Elaterium).
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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