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Definition of "touch-me-not" [touch•-me-not]

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "touch-me-not" in a sentence
  • "There were lots of different species, as I recall, pretty typical of seepage swamp: black ash and cottonwood, buckthorn, marsh marigold, Virginia creeper, touch-me-not, wood nettle."
  • "And all that juicy red lip gloss our boy was laying on your touch-me-not zones."
  • "She plucked a wildflower, a touch-me-not, and dropped it in a basket woven of reeds."