squirting cucumber
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squirting cucumber
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So named because when the fruit is fully ripe it squirts a stream of mucilaginous liquid containing its seeds.
noun squirting cucumbers
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The plant Ecballium elaterium, a member of the cucumber family (Cucurbitaceae)
Similar: exploding cucumber, noli me tangere, touch-me-not, wild cucumber
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noun Ecballium elaterium
| Español | cohombrillo amargo, pepinillo del diablo |
|---|---|
| Français | concombre d'âne |
| Deutsch | Spritzgurke, Eselsgurke, Eselskürbis |
| Italiano | cocomero asinino |
| Ελληνικά | πικραγγουριά pikrangouriá |
| Română | plesnitoare, castravete-sălbatic |
| Русский | бе́шеный огуре́ц béšenyj oguréc |
| العربية | قِثَّاء الْحِمَار qiṯṯāʔ al-ḥimār, فَقُّوس الْحِمَار faqqūs al-ḥimār |
| עברית | יְרֹקֶת הַחֲמוֹר yərōqeṯ ha-ḥamṓr, קִשּׁוּא הַחֲמוֹר qiššūʾ ha-ḥamṓr |
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title = {squirting cucumber},
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