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touch me not

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touch-me-not

[tuhch-mee-not]
–noun
any of several plants belonging to the genus Impatiens, of the balsam family, esp. I. noli-tangere, bearing pods that, when ripe, burst on being touched, scattering the seeds.
Compare jewelweed.


Origin:
1590–1600
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