Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Noli-me-tangere \No"li-me-tan"ge*re\, n. [L., touch me not.]
   1. (Bot.)
      (a) Any plant of a genus of herbs ({Impatiens}) having
          capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their
          seeds. -- See {Impatiens}.
      (b) The squirting cucumber. See under {Cucumber}.

   2. (Med.) A name formerly applied to several varieties of
      ulcerous cutaneous diseases, but now restricted to {Lupus
      exedens}, an ulcerative affection of the nose.

Impatiens \Im*pa"ti*ens\, n. [L., impatient.] (Bot.)
   A genus of plants, several species of which have very
   beautiful flowers; -- so called because the elastic capsules
   burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable
   force. Called also {touch-me-not}, {jewelweed}, and
   {snapweed}. {I. Balsamina} (sometimes called {lady's
   slipper}) is the common garden balsam.