elaterin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An extract from the juice of the fruit of Ecballium elaterium (the squirting cucumber), used as a purgative.

Word forms

elaterin elaterins

Etymology

From elaterium + -in.

Synonyms

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