Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Impatiens"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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