slovodefinícia
touch-me-not
(encz)
touch-me-not, n:
touch-me-not
(gcide)
Impatiens \Im*pa"ti*ens\ ([i^]m*p[=a]"sh[i^]*[e^]nz), prop. 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. Impatiens Balsamina (sometimes called {lady's
slipper}) is the common garden balsam.
[1913 Webster]
Touch-me-not
(gcide)
Touch-me-not \Touch"-me-not`\ (t[u^]ch"m[-e]*n[o^]t`), n. (Bot.)
(a) See Impatiens.
(b) Squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber.
[1913 Webster]
touch-me-not
(wn)
touch-me-not
n 1: North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange
flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil [syn:
jewelweed, lady's earrings, orange balsam,
celandine, touch-me-not, Impatiens capensis]
2: Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels
its seeds and juice violently when touched [syn: {squirting
cucumber}, exploding cucumber, touch-me-not, {Ecballium
elaterium}]
3: 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 [syn: sensitive plant,
touch-me-not, shame plant, live-and-die, {humble
plant}, action plant, Mimosa pudica]
podobné slovodefinícia
Touch-me-not
(gcide)
Impatiens \Im*pa"ti*ens\ ([i^]m*p[=a]"sh[i^]*[e^]nz), prop. 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. Impatiens Balsamina (sometimes called {lady's
slipper}) is the common garden balsam.
[1913 Webster]Touch-me-not \Touch"-me-not`\ (t[u^]ch"m[-e]*n[o^]t`), n. (Bot.)
(a) See Impatiens.
(b) Squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber.
[1913 Webster]

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