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Noli-me-tangere   Listen
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Noli-me-tangere  n.  
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.





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Words linked to "Noli-me-tangere" :   ulceration, ulcer


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