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noli-me-tangere - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'noli-me-tangere' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Noli-me-tangere [ n.]
- Any plant of a genus of herbs (Impatiens) having capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their seeds. -- See Impatiens.
- The squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber.
- A name formerly applied to several varieties of ulcerous cutaneous diseases, but now restricted to Lupus exedens, an ulcerative affection of the nose.