[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

impatiens \impa"tiens\ i^mp=a"shi^e^nz, prop. 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. impatiens balsamina sometimes called lady's
   slipper is the common garden balsam.
   1913 webster
see also:
touch-me-not jewelweed snapweed impatiens balsamina lady's slipper 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

touch-me-not \touch"-me-not`\ tu^ch"m-eno^t`, n. bot.
   a see impatiens.
   b squirting cucumber. see under cucumber.
       1913 webster
see also:
impatiens cucumber 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

touch-me-not
     n 1: north american annual plant with usually yellow or orange
          flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil syn: jewelweed,
           lady's earrings, orange balsam, celandine, impatiens
          capensis
     2: mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels
        its seeds and juice violently when touched syn: squirting
        cucumber, exploding cucumber, ecballium elaterium
     3: prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical america, and
        australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having
        sensitive soft gray-green leaflets that fold and droop at
        night or when touched or cooled syn: sensitive plant, shame
        plant, live-and-die, humble plant, action plant, mimosa
        pudica
see also:
jewelweed lady's earrings orange balsam celandine impatiens capensis squirting cucumber 
exploding cucumber ecballium elaterium sensitive plant shame plant live-and-die 
humble plant action plant mimosa pudica 

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