touch-me-not
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English
Pronunciation
Noun
touch-me-not (countable and uncountable, plural touch-me-nots)
- Any of several (not closely related) plants which react when touched.
- Synonym: noli me tangere
- The jewelweed, Impatiens noli-tangere, Impatiens capensis, Impatiens parviflora.
- The sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica).
- Hypernym: mimosa
- The squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium).
- (archaic) Lupus.
Derived terms
- Balfour's touch-me-not (Impatiens balfourii)
- Oliver's touch-me-not (Impatiens sodenii)
- pale touch-me-not (Impatiens pallida)
- small-flowered touch-me-not (Impatiens parviflora subsp. parviflora)
- spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)
- spurless touch-me-not (Impatiens ecalcarata)
- touch-me-not-ish
- touch me not stick insect (Epidares nolimetangere)
Translations
genus: Impatiens
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Mimosa pudica — see sensitive plant
Ecballium elaterium — see squirting cucumber