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elaterin

elaterin noun: an extract from the juice of the fruit of Ecballium elaterium (the squirting cucumber), used as a purgative.

Noun

elaterin (countable and uncountable, plural elaterins)

  1. An extract from the juice of the fruit of Ecballium elaterium (the squirting cucumber), used as a purgative.
    Synonyms:
    elaterium

Synonyms of elaterin

Forms of elaterin

pluralelaterins

Origin of elaterin

From elaterium + -in.

Questions about elaterin

What does elaterin mean?
Elaterin means an extract from the juice of the fruit of Ecballium elaterium (the squirting cucumber), used as a purgative.
What part of speech is elaterin?
Elaterin is a noun.
What is the plural of elaterin?
The plural of elaterin is elaterins.

Words near elaterin in the dictionary

  1. elaterase
  2. elaterid
  3. elaterids
  4. elaterifom
  5. elateriform
  6. elaterin
  7. elaterine
  8. elaterins
  9. elaterite
  10. elaterites
  11. elaterium

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