Defn: An order of Brachiopoda; the Lyopomata. See Brachiopoda.
ECARTE
É`car`té", n. Etym: [F., prop. fr. écarter to reject, discard.]
Defn: A game at cards, played usually by two persons, in which the players may discard any or all of the cards dealt and receive others from the pack.
ECAUDATE
E*cau"date, a. Etym: [Pref. e- + caudate.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: Without a tail or spur.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Tailless.
ECBALLIUM
Ec*bal"li*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Ecbole.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its fruit, when ripe, bursts and violently ejects its seeds, together with a mucilaginous juice, from which elaterium, a powerful cathartic medicine, is prepared.