'Noli-me-tangere' definitions:
Definition of 'noli-me-tangere'
(from WordNet)
noun
A cancerous ulcer of soft tissue and bone
Definition of 'Noli-me-tangere'
From: GCIDE
- Noli-me-tangere \No"li-me-tan"ge*re\, n. [L., touch me not.]
- 1. (Bot.) (a) Any plant of a genus of herbs (Impatiens) having capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their seeds. -- See Impatiens. (b) The squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Med.) A name formerly applied to several varieties of ulcerous cutaneous diseases, but now restricted to {Lupus exedens}, an ulcerative affection of the nose. [1913 Webster]