touch-me-not
معنی کامل و مثالها
/tuch´mē nät´/n.
● رجوع شود به: jewelweed
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From the plant's characteristic of dispersing seeds when touched.
مثال
- The garden was filled with touch-me-nots.
- Touch-me-nots are fascinating due to their seed dispersal mechanism.
- Be careful around the touch-me-nots, they might burst.
ترکیبهای رایج
Grow touch-me-nots Touch-me-not plant Touch-me-not seeds Touch-me-not in the garden
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- 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
- North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil
- Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched