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touch-me-not

touch-me-not noun: the jewelweed, Impatiens noli-tangere, Impatiens capensis, Impatiens parviflora.

Noun

touch-me-not (countable and uncountable, plural touch-me-nots)

  1. The jewelweed, Impatiens noli-tangere, Impatiens capensis, Impatiens parviflora.
    Synonyms:
    noli me tangere
  2. The sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica).
    Synonyms:
    noli me tangere
  3. The squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium).
    Synonyms:
    noli me tangere
  4. (archaic) Lupus.
  5. (LGBTQ slang) A queer person, typically a lesbian, who does not want to receive sexual pleasure.
    Synonyms:
    stone

touch-me-not meaning in Hindi and Tamil

touch-me-not in Hindi

touch-me-not, the sensitive plant
छुईमुई chuīmuī

touch-me-not in Tamil

சில்லம்

Synonyms of touch-me-not

Forms of touch-me-not

pluraltouch-me-nots

Words formed from touch-me-not

Questions about touch-me-not

What does touch-me-not mean?
Touch-me-not means the jewelweed, Impatiens noli-tangere, Impatiens capensis, Impatiens parviflora.
What is touch-me-not in Hindi?
Touch-me-not in Hindi is छुईमुई (chuīmuī). See Touch-me-not meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is touch-me-not?
Touch-me-not is a noun.
What is the plural of touch-me-not?
The plural of touch-me-not is touch-me-nots.

Words near touch-me-not in the dictionary

  1. touch-holes
  2. touch-in-goal
  3. touch-in-goals
  4. touch-mark
  5. touch-marks
  6. touch-me-not
  7. touch-me-not-ish
  8. touch-me-not-ishness
  9. touch-me-nots
  10. touch-move rule
  11. touch-needle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: touch-me-not (page history and authors); छुईमुई (Hindi) (page history and authors); touch-me-not (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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