ecballium

English Thesaurus

1. exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus,
definition	:	genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	ecballium elaterium, exploding cucumber, squirting cucumber, touch-me-not,
definition	:	Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	cucurbitaceae, family cucurbitaceae, gourd family,
definition	:	a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin) (noun.plant)