Noli-me-tangere

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.


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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  noli-me-tangere
       n : a cancerous ulcer of soft tissue and bone