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squirting cucumber
noun
- a Mediterranean plant, Ecballium elaterium, of the gourd family, whose ripened fruit forcibly ejects the seeds and juice.
squirting cucumber
noun
- a hairy cucurbitaceous plant, Ecballium elaterium , of the Mediterranean region, having a fruit that discharges its seeds explosively when ripe
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Word History and Origins
Origin of squirting cucumber1
First recorded in 1795–1805
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