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Impatiens - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Noli-me-tangere \No"li-me-tan"ge*re\, n. [L., touch me not.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) Any plant of a genus of herbs ({Impatiens) having
capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their
seeds. -- See Impatiens.
(b) The squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber.
2. (Med.) A name formerly applied to several varieties of
ulcerous cutaneous diseases, but now restricted to Lupus
exedens, an ulcerative affection of the nose.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Impatiens : \Im*pa"ti*ens\, n. [L., impatient.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants, several species of which have very
beautiful flowers; -- so called because the elastic capsules
burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable
force. Called also touch-me-not, jewelweed, and
snapweed. I. Balsamina (sometimes called lady's
slipper) is the common garden balsam.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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