Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for NO'LI-ME-TAN'GE-RE
NO'LI-ME-TAN'GE-RE, n. [L. touch me not.]
- A plant of the genus Impatiens, called also balsamine; also, a plant of the genus Momordica, or Ecbalium, one species of which is culled the wild or spurting cucumber.. Encyc.
- Among physicians, an ulcer or cancer, a species of herpes. Coxe.
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