Definition of Touch-me-not

1. Noun. North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil.

Exact synonyms: Celandine, Impatiens Capensis, Jewelweed, Lady's Earrings, Orange Balsam
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.
Exact synonyms: Ecballium Elaterium, Exploding Cucumber, Squirting Cucumber
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.
Exact synonyms: Action Plant, Humble Plant, Live-and-die, Mimosa Pudica, Sensitive Plant, Shame Plant
Group relationships: Genus Mimosa
Generic synonyms: Mimosa

Medical Definition of Touch-me-not

1. See Impatiens. Squirting cucumber. See Cucumber. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Touch-me-not

tottiest
totting
tottings
totty
toty
tot up
toucan
toucan
toucanet
toucanets
toucans
touch
touch
touch-and-go
touch-me-not (current term)
touch-me-not (current term)
touch-needle
touch-type
touch-typist
touchable
touchback
touchbacks
touchdown
touchdowns
touche
touched
touched(p)
toucher
touchers
touches

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