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elaterium |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Elaterium \El`a*te"ri*um\, n. [L., fr Gr ?, neut. of ? driving. See 2d {Elater}.] A cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber ({Ecballium agreste}, formerly called {Momordica Elaterium}).
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