noun
Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched
• Syn: ↑squirting cucumber, ↑touch-me-not, ↑Ecballium elaterium
• Hypernyms: ↑gourd, ↑gourd vine
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ecballium, ↑genus Ecballium
Useful english dictionary. 2012.