noli-me-tangere

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

NOLI-ME-TANGERE, noun [Latin Touch me not.] 1. A plant of the genus Impatiens, called also balsamine; also, a plant of the genus Momordica, or male balsam apple, one species of which is called the wild or spurting cucumber. 2. Among physicians, an ulcer or cancer, a species of herpes.
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