Category:Noli-me-tangere

No"li-me-tan"ge*re, n. Etym: [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.)

Defn: a name formerly applied to several varieties of ulcerous Cutaneous diseases, but now restricted to lupus exedens, an Ulcerative affection of the nose.