squirting cucumber

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squirt·ing cucumber (skwûr

ng)

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

squirting cucumber

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a hairy cucurbitaceous plant, Ecballium elaterium, of the Mediterranean region, having a fruit that discharges its seeds explosively when ripe

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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

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