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What is a touch-me-not?

What is a touch-me-not? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of several unrelated plants which react when touched.
    1. The jewelweed, Impatiens noli-tangere, Impatiens capensis, Impatiens parviflora.
    2. The sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica).
    3. The squirting cucumber, Ecballium elaterium.
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She had a touch-me-not way of blighting the inane inquiries of grown-up people.
He does have rather a touch-me-not, speak-to-me-never manner.
These plants present the most remarkable blending of the rigid, uncompromising, touch-me-not aspect and the ethereal and fragile.
Youre a sort of touch-me-not and Id make friends with any one.
Marsh fern, water horehound, spotted touch-me-not, great water dock, and lake sedge live on the soupy mudflats.
This may do for the touch-me-not, only child, but in American society it is never a strong plea.

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