| noli-me-tangere | 1. <botany> Any plant of a genus of herbs (Impatiens) having capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their seeds. See Impatiens. The squirting cucumber. See Cucumber. 2. <medicine> A name formerly applied to several varieties of ulcerous cutaneous diseases, but now restricted to Lupus exedens, an ulcerative affection of the nose. Origin: L, touch me not. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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