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Definition of Touch-me-not
1. Noun. North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Impatiens
2. Noun. Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched.
Generic synonyms: Gourd, Gourd Vine
Group relationships: Ecballium, Genus Ecballium
3. Noun. Prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled.
Group relationships: Genus Mimosa
Generic synonyms: Mimosa
Definition of Touch-me-not
1. Noun. Any of several unrelated plants which react when touched. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Touch-me-not
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Touch-me-not
Literary usage of Touch-me-not
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ninety-six Sermons by Lancelot Andrewes (1850)
"Jesus saith unto her, Touch Me not, for I am not yet ascended to My Father ; but
go to My brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto My Father and your ..."
2. History of the Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770: Consisting of the Narrative by Frederic Kidder, John Adams (1870)
"... that is a blow; the law will not oblige a man to stand still and bear it;
there is the distinction ; hands off, touch me not; as soon as you touch me, ..."
3. Works by Lancelot Andrewes, John Buckeridge (1854)
"Jesus saith unto her, Touch Me not, for I am not yet ascended to My Father ; but
go to My brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto My Father and your ..."
4. Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early by Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1905)
"Hands off; touch me not. As soon as you touch me, if I run you through the heart,
it is but manslaughter. The utility of this distinction, ..."
5. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"The wood is soft and weak, but is employed in the manufacture FlG'15"- touch-me-not-
After Britton and Brown, of some woodenware and for wood-pulp. ..."
6. Time Flies: A Reading Diary by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1902)
"Touch Me not; for I am not yet ascended to My Father," said He to His beloved
and loving worshipper : denying her—who can doubt ..."
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