| Pronunciation: | | 'tuch mee`nât
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- [n] prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft gray-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
- [n] Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched
- [n] North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil
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| | Synonyms: | | action plant, celandine, Ecballium elaterium, exploding cucumber, humble plant, Impatiens capensis, jewelweed, lady's earrings, live-and-die, Mimosa pudica, orange balsam, sensitive plant, shame plant, squirting cucumber |
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| | See Also: | | Ecballium, genus Ecballium, genus Impatiens, genus Mimosa, gourd, gourd vine, herb, herbaceous plant, mimosa |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Touch"-me-not`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) See {Impatiens}.
(b) Squirting cucumber. See under {Cucumber}.
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