1. (

• jewelweed ,
• lady's_earrings ,
• orange_balsam ,
• celandine ,
• touch-me-not ,
• Impatiens_capensis

) North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil ;

2. (

• squirting_cucumber ,
• exploding_cucumber ,
• touch-me-not ,
• Ecballium_elaterium

) Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched ;

3. (

• sensitive_plant ,
• touch-me-not ,
• shame_plant ,
• live-and-die ,
• humble_plant ,
• action_plant ,
• Mimosa_pudica

) prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled ;