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Webster 1913 Edition
Noli-me-tangere
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No′li-me-tan′ge-re
,Noun.
[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. Webster 1828 Edition
Noli-me-tangere
NOLI-ME-TANGERE
,Noun.
1.
A plant of the genus Impatiens, called also balsamine; also, a plant of the genus Momordica, or male balsam apple, one species of which is called the wild or spurting cucumber.2.
Among physicians, an ulcer or cancer, a species of herpes.