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