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Any plant of a genus of herbs (Impatiens) having capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their seeds. -- See Impatiens.

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  1. n. Any plant of a genus of herbs (Impatiens) having capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their seeds. -- See Impatiens.
  2. n. The squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber.
  3. n. A name formerly applied to several varieties of ulcerous cutaneous diseases, but now restricted to Lupus exedens, an ulcerative affection of the nose.
  4. n. a cancerous ulcer of soft tissue and bone
  5. 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.
  6. A name formerly applied to several varieties of ulcerouscutaneous diseases, but now restricted to Lupus exedens, anulcerative affection of the nose.
  7. n a cancerous ulcer of soft tissue and bone