elaterium

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ELATE'RIUM, noun A substance deposited from the very acrid juice of the Momordica elaterium wild cucumber. It is in thin cakes of a greenish color and bitter taste, and is a powerful cathartic.
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