elaterium


Also found in: Wikipedia.

elaterium

(ˌɛləˈtɪərɪəm)
n
(Plants) a greenish sediment prepared from the juice of the squirting cucumber, used as a purgative
[C16: from Latin, from Greek elatērion squirting cucumber, from elatērios purgative, from elaunein to drive]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
References in periodicals archive ?
Later, his studies showed that estrogens promoted female flower development in Ecballium elaterium, while androgens increased the number of male flowers (Kopcewicz, 1971).
Isilik otu, Tas korugu (ISTE 109598, 109597) Umbilicus rupestris Kaplik otu (Salisb.) Dandy (ISTE 109596) Cucurbitaceae Ecballium elaterium (L.) Aci bostan, Aci dulek, Aci A.Rich.
Remedies: Aconite, Arnica, Belladonna, Cactina, Calendula, Camphora, Chocolate, Coffeinum, Croton Tiglium, Digitoxin, Elaterium, Ergotaminum, Hydrogen, Hypericum, Lithium, Melilotus, Morphinum, Oenanthus, Stramonium, Strychninum, Veratrum.
This pest was observed first time on squirting cucumber [Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.
If you seek a talking point for your garden, how about Ecballium elaterium, the squirting cucumber that fires its seeds 30 feet?
Stuppner, "1H and13 C NMR signal assignment of cucurbitacin derivatives from Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrader and Ecballium elaterium L.
Similar results were supported by Attard and Spiteri, (2001) who demonstrated that media containing 5 mg/1 NAA did not support the high percentage for callus induction in Ecballium elaterium [8].
Companeras: Silene inaperta 1, Rubus ulmifolius + en 2; Ecballium elaterium 2 en 3; Tolpis barbata +, Thymus mastichina 1 en 4; Asparagus albus +, Thymbra capitata 1 en 5; Asparagus aphyllus + en 6; Lamarckia aurea, Chenopodium murale y Solanum dulcamara 1, Polypogon monspeliensis 2 en 7; Chamaemelum mixtum, Blackstonia perfoliata, Pulicaria paludosa, Paronychia argentea, Trifolium angustifolium, Trifolium arvense y Trifolium stellatum 1, Silene gallica, Sanguisorba verrucosa, Sanguisorba minor, Cistus ladanifer y Andryala ragusina +, Trifolium campestre 2 en 8.