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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
touch-me-not
 
PRONUNCIATION:tchm-nt
NOUN:1. See jewelweed. 2. See sensitive plant (sense 1).
ETYMOLOGY:From the bursting of the ripe seedpods when touched.
 
 
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