squirting cucumber

squirt·ing cucumber (skwûrtng)

n.

A hairy Mediterranean vine (Ecballium elaterium) having fruit that when ripe discharges its seeds and juice explosively.

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Noun

1.

squirting cucumber - Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched Ecballium elaterium, exploding cucumber, touch-me-not gourd vine, gourd - any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds Ecballium, genus Ecballium - exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber