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Elaterium
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) 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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Elaterium'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/e/elaterium.html. 1828.