TOUCH-ME-NOT

n.A plant of the genus Impatiens, and another of the genus Momordica.

TOUCH-ME-NOT

TOUCH-ME-NOT Touch "-me-not `, n. (Bot. )(a ) See Impatiens. (b ) Squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber.

touch-me-not

touch-me-not ▶noun a plant of the balsam family whose ripe seed capsules open explosively when touched, scattering seeds over some distance. [Genus Impatiens, family Balsaminaceae: several species, in particular the orange-flowered spotted touch-me-not (I. capensis ).]

touch-me-not

touch-me-not |ˈtʌtʃmɪnɒt | ▶noun a plant of the balsam family, whose ripe seed capsules open explosively when touched, scattering seeds over some distance. ●Genus Impatiens, family Balsaminaceae: several species, in particular the yellow balsam (I. noli-tangere ).

touch-me-not

t ó uch-me-n ò t 名詞 複 ～s C 〘植 〙ホウセンカ .