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    GENUS ECBALLIUM

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Exploding cucumber; squirting cucumberplay

    Synonyms:

    Ecballium; genus Ecballium

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus 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 "genus 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 ("genus 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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