touch-me-not

English

Noun

touch-me-not (countable and uncountable, plural touch-me-nots)

1. Any of several (not closely related) plants which react when touched.

   Synonym: noli me tangere

   1. The jewelweed, Impatiens noli-tangere, Impatiens capensis, Impatiens parviflora.
   2. The sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica).

      Hypernym: mimosa

   3. The squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium).
2. (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

• Bulgarian: слабонога f (slabonoga)
• Finnish: palsami (fi)
• Polish: niecierpek (pl) m
• Russian: недотро́га (ru) f (nedotróga)

Mimosa pudica — see sensitive plant

Ecballium elaterium — see squirting cucumber