Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Elaterium"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}).
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