Squirting Cucumber Small 285×320 Medium 571×640 Large 913×1024 Download TIFF Original 2141×2400 | (762.2 KB) Description The Squirting or Exploding Cucumber (Ecballium elaterium) is a cucumber plant named for squirting a stream of liquid containing its seeds. Keywords Botany, cucurbitaceae, Ecballium elaterium, exploding cucumber, flowering plant, leaves, plant, seeds, squirting cucumber, stem Galleries Flowers and Shrubs: C Source: William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)
