The Collaborative International Dictionary
Momordica Elaterium
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).