touch-me-not

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

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

• noli me tangere

• spurless touch-me-not (Impatiens ecalcarata)
• pale touch-me-not (Impatiens pallida)
• Balfour's touch-me-not (Impatiens balfourii)
• Oliver's touch-me-not (Impatiens sodenii)
• small-flowered touch-me-not (Impatiens parviflora subsp. parviflora)
• touch me not stick insect (Epidares nolimetangere)