GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Elaterium , 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).1913 Webster