A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Elaterium,-ii (s.n.II), abl. sg. elaterio: “(obsol.) a tricoccous fruit” (Lindley); “1. = coccum,-i (s.n.II), q.v.; 2. The dried juice of the wild cucumber, Elaterium” (Jackson) [> L. elaterium,-ii (s.n.II) = Gk. elatErion, a medicine prepared from the juice of the wild cucumber” (Lewis & Short); elatErion (s.n.II), “squirting cucumber, Ecballium Elaterium; a drug prepared therefrom” (Liddell & Scott)]; see elater; see regma,-atis (s.n.III); see –coccus (Eng.adj. suffix).

NOTE: the genus Elaterium, L. “From elater, an impeller; in reference to the elastic seed-vessel. Cucurbitaceae. A singular genus of plants, on account of the elastic seed-vessels" (Paxton).

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