English noun: touch-me-not |
1. | touch-me-not (plant) North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil |
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| Synonyms | celandine, Impatiens capensis, jewelweed, lady's earrings, orange balsam |
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| Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant |
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| Member meronym | genus Impatiens |
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2. | touch-me-not (plant) Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched |
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| Synonyms | Ecballium elaterium, exploding cucumber, squirting cucumber |
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| Broader (hypernym) | gourd, gourd vine |
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| Member meronym | Ecballium, genus Ecballium |
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3. | touch-me-not (plant) prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled |
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| Synonyms | action plant, humble plant, live-and-die, Mimosa pudica, sensitive plant, shame plant |
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| Broader (hypernym) | mimosa |
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| Member meronym | genus Mimosa |
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