touch-me-not
touch-me-not · touch-me-nots
камінь, камінець, кісточка
недотрога
Stein, Schdää, Kern
Any of several plants which react when touchedAny of several (not closely related) plants which react when touched.: The jewelweed, Impatiens noli-tangere, Impatiens capensis, Impatiens parviflora.
Meaning
5 sensesAny of several (not closely related) plants which react when touched.
(countable, uncountable)The jewelweed, Impatiens noli-tangere, Impatiens capensis, Impatiens parviflora.
недотро́гаnedotróga
(countable, uncountable)The sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica).
(countable, uncountable)The squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium).
(countable, uncountable)A queer person, typically a lesbian, who does not want to receive sexual pleasure.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Lupus.
More definitions
- 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
- Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched
- North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil
Translations
2 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
genus: Impatiens:
Forms
plural: touch-me-nots| Singular | touch-me-not |
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regular
Synonyms
16 synonymsClose in meaning
- 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:sensitive plantshame plantlive-and-diehumble plantaction plantMimosa pudica
- Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched:squirting cucumberexploding cucumberEcballium elaterium
- North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil:jewelweedlady's earringsorange balsamcelandineImpatiens capensis
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable