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}. 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.