Ecballium

Translingual

Ecballium elaterium

Etymology

From Ancient Greek έκτο (ékto) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).

Proper noun

Ecballium n

A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – the squirting cucumber.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Cucurbitales - order; Cucurbitaceae - family; Bryonieae - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Ecballium elaterium - sole species

References

Ecballium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ecballium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Ecballium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ecballium at Tropicos
Ecballium at National Center for Biotechnology Information

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