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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A neutral principle (C20H28O5) extracted by alcohol from elaterium.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An extract from the juice of the fruit of Ecballium elaterium (the
squirting cucumber ), used as apurgative .
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