Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun touch-me-not

3 senses of touch-me-not

Sense 1
jewelweed, lady's earrings, orange balsam, celandine, touch-me-not, Impatiens capensis -- (North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil)
       => herb, herbaceous plant -- (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Sense 2
squirting cucumber, exploding cucumber, touch-me-not, Ecballium elaterium -- (Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched)
       => gourd, gourd vine -- (any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds)

Sense 3
sensitive plant, touch-me-not, shame plant, live-and-die, humble plant, action plant, Mimosa pudica -- (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)
       => mimosa -- (any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves)