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Princeton's WordNet
jewelweed, lady's earrings, orange balsam, celandine, touch-me-not, Impatiens capensisnoun
North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil
squirting cucumber, exploding cucumber, touch-me-not, Ecballium elateriumnoun
Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched
sensitive plant, touch-me-not, shame plant, live-and-die, humble plant, action plant, Mimosa pudicanoun
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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touch-me-notnoun
Any of several unrelated plants which react when touched.
Wikipedia
Touch-Me-Not
Touch-Me-Not (봉선화 - Bongseonhwa) is a 1956 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young.
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touch-me-not
Touch-me-not is a common name for certain species of plants, particularly in the genus Impatiens, that respond dramatically to physical touch. This response can be a sudden release of seeds or a folding in of leaves. The name is derived from the plant's sensitivity to touch. The most well-known example of a touch-me-not plant is "Impatiens capensis", also known as the orange jewelweed or common jewelweed.
Webster Dictionary
Touch-me-notnoun
see Impatiens
Touch-me-notnoun
squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber
Wikidata
Touch-Me-Not
Touch-Me-Not is a 1956 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of touch-me-not in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of touch-me-not in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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