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Squirting cucumber

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The plant Ecballium elaterium, a member of the cucumber family (Cucurbitaceae)
  2. 2
    Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched wordnet

Etymology

So named because when the fruit is fully ripe it squirts a stream of mucilaginous liquid containing its seeds.

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