Hypertext Webster Gateway: "jewelweed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jewelweed \Jew"el*weed`\, n. (Bot.)
See {Impatiens}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Impatiens \Im*pa"ti*ens\, n. [L., impatient.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants, several species of which have very
beautiful flowers; -- so called because the elastic capsules
burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable
force. Called also {touch-me-not}, {jewelweed}, and
{snapweed}. {I. Balsamina} (sometimes called {lady's
slipper}) is the common garden balsam.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
jewelweed
n : North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange
flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil [syn: {lady's
earrings}, {orange balsam}, {celandine}, {touch-me-not},
{Impatiens capensis}]
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