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noli-me-tangere
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun noli-me-tangere has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
noli-me-tangere, n. [L., touch me not.].
- Any plant of a genus of herbs (
Impatiens ) having capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their seeds. -- See Impatiens. [1913 Webster] - A name formerly applied to several varieties of ulcerous cutaneous diseases, but now restricted to
Lupus exedens , an ulcerative affection of the nose. [1913 Webster]
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