elaterium noun.
[ɛlǝ'tɪǝrɪǝm] M16.[Latin from Greek elatērion, from ela-: see ELATER, -IUM.]A precipitate from the juice of the squirting cucumber (
Ecballium elaterium), formerly used as a drastic purgative and emetic.
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