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Ecbalium Elaterium
Cucumber Cu"cum*ber (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.[OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen. cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (Bot.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus Cucumis, esp. Cucumis sativus, the unripe fruit of which is eaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants or fruits of several other genera. See below. Bitter cucumber (Bot.), the Citrullus or Cucumis Colocynthis. See Colocynth. Cucumber beetle. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small, black flea-beetle (Crepidodera cucumeris), which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon vines. (b) The squash beetle. Cucumber tree. (a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus Magnolia (M. acuminata), so called from a slight resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber. (b) An East Indian plant (Averrhoa Bilimbi) which produces the fruit known as bilimbi. Jamaica cucumber, Jerusalem cucumber, the prickly-fruited gherkin (Cucumis Anguria). Snake cucumber, a species (Cucumis flexuosus) remarkable for its long, curiously-shaped fruit. Squirting cucumber, a plant (Ecbalium Elaterium) whose small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force through the opening thus made. See Elaterium. Star cucumber, a climbing weed (Sicyos angulatus) with prickly fruit.

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- Compsibidion balium is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Napp and Martins in 1985. Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog...
- Eucereon balium is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1898. It is found in Honduras. Savela, Markku. "Heliura balium (Hampson...
- Venezuela, Guyana, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay Psidium bahianum - Bahia Psidium balium - Cuba Psidium brevifolium - Dominican Rep Psidium brownianum - Venezuela...
- amantei (Martins, 1960) Compsibidion angulare (Thomson, 1867) Compsibidion balium Napp & Martins, 1985 Compsibidion basale (White, 1855) Compsibidion callispilum...
- [1790]) Eucereon aroa Schaus, 1894 Eucereon atriguttum Druce, 1905 Eucereon balium Hampson, 1898 Eucereon casca Dognin, 1894 Eucereon chalcodon Druce, 1893...
- atriguttum Druce, 1905 Eucereon aurantiaca (Rothschild, 1909) Eucereon balium Hampson, 1898 Eucereon latifascia Walker, 1856 Eucereon maja Druce, 1884...