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De - Pt| English Dictionary: elaterium | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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}). | |
