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noun
Any of several (not closely related) plants which react when touched.
The jewelweed, Impatiens noli-tangere, Impatiens capensis, Impatiens parviflora.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: noli me tangere
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of several (not closely related) plants which react when touched.
The sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: noli me tangere
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mimosa
noun
Any of several (not closely related) plants which react when touched.
The squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: noli me tangere
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Lupus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A queer person, typically a lesbian, who does not want to receive sexual pleasure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: LGBTQ slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: stone
Antonyms: none provided
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: sensitive plant, shame plant, live-and-die, humble plant, action plant, Mimosa pudica
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mimosa
noun
Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: squirting cucumber, exploding cucumber, Ecballium elaterium
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gourd, gourd vine
noun
North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: jewelweed, lady's earrings, orange balsam, celandine, Impatiens capensis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
History
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Across languages
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