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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 | ||
| Synonyms | celandine, Impatiens capensis, jewelweed, lady's earrings, orange balsam | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant | ||
| Member meronym | genus Impatiens | ||
| 2. | touch-me-not (plant) Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched | ||
| Synonyms | Ecballium elaterium, exploding cucumber, squirting cucumber | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | gourd, gourd vine | ||
| Member meronym | Ecballium, genus Ecballium | ||
| 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 | ||
| Synonyms | action plant, humble plant, live-and-die, Mimosa pudica, sensitive plant, shame plant | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mimosa | ||
| Member meronym | genus Mimosa | ||
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