elaterium

/ ˌɛləˈtɪərɪəm /

noun

a greenish sediment prepared from the juice of the squirting cucumber, used as a purgative

C16: from Latin, from Greek elatērion squirting cucumber, from elatērios purgative, from elaunein to drive

Elaterium, a substance obtained from the fruit of the squirting or wild cucumber (Ecballium agreste).

Now may he invoke the virtues of the hellebores, the white and the black, now may he use elaterium.

Colocynth and Elaterium have also been proved to act specifically.

The product has a green colour, and constitutes the finest elaterium of commerce.

Its medicinal action is similar to that of elaterium, differing only in its greater activity.

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