squirting cucumber

English

Noun

squirting cucumber (plural squirting cucumbers)

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.

Synonyms

exploding cucumber

Translations

Ecballium elaterium

Catalan: cogombre amarg m, cogombre salvatge m, cogombret m
French: concombre d'âne (fr) m
German: Spritzgurke f Eselsgurke f
Italian: cocomero asinino m

Romanian: plesnitoare (ro) f, castravete-sălbatic m (regional)
Spanish: cohombrillo amargo m, pepinillo del diablo m
Swedish: sprutgurka c
Welsh: cucumer chwystrellol m

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