exploding cucumber
1exploding cucumber — noun Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched • Syn: ↑squirting cucumber, ↑touch me not, ↑Ecballium elaterium • Hypernyms: ↑gourd, ↑gourd vine • Member Holonyms: ↑ …
2squirting cucumber — noun The plant Ecballium elaterium, a member of the cucumber family (Cucurbitaceae), so named because when the fruit is fully ripe it squirts a stream of mucilaginous liquid containing its seeds. Syn: exploding cucumber …
3squirting cucumber — noun Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched • Syn: ↑exploding cucumber, ↑touch me not, ↑Ecballium elaterium • Hypernyms: ↑gourd, ↑gourd vine • Member Holonyms: ↑ …
4Star cucumber — Star Star (st[aum]r), n. [OE. sterre, AS. steorra; akin to OFries. stera, OS. sterro, D. ster, OHG. sterno, sterro, G. stern, Icel. stjarna, Sw. stjerna, Dan. stierne, Goth. sta[ i]rn[=o], Armor. & Corn. steren, L. stella, Gr. asth r, a stron,… …
5Ecballium — noun exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber • Syn: ↑genus Ecballium • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cucurbitaceae, ↑family Cucurbitaceae, ↑ …
6genus Ecballium — noun exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber • Syn: ↑Ecballium • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cucurbitaceae, ↑family Cucurbitaceae, ↑ …
7Ecballium elaterium — Taxobox| name = Squirting Cucumber image caption=A fruit of the squirting cucumber image width=200px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Cucurbitales familia = Cucurbitaceae genus = Ecballium species = E.… …
8Ecballium elaterium — noun Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched • Syn: ↑squirting cucumber, ↑exploding cucumber, ↑touch me not • Hypernyms: ↑gourd, ↑gourd vine • Member Holonyms: ↑ …
9gourd vine — noun any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds • Syn: ↑gourd • Hypernyms: ↑vine • Hyponyms: ↑prairie gourd, ↑prairie gourd vine, ↑Missouri gourd, ↑ …
10touch-me-not — noun 1. prostrate or semi erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled • Syn: ↑sensitive plant, ↑shame… …
