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Webster 1913 Edition

Elaterium

Elˊa-te′ri-um

,
Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], neut. of [GREEK] 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
).

Webster 1828 Edition

Elaterium

ELATE'RIUM

,
Noun.
A substance deposited from the very acrid juice of the Momordica elaterium, wild cucumber. It is in thin cakes of a greenish color and bitter taste, and is a powerful cathartic.

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