JEWELWEED

jewelweed, lady's earrings, orange balsam, celandine, touch-me-not, Impatiens capensis

(noun) North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

jewelweed (countable and uncountable, plural jewelweeds)

(US) Impatiens, especially Impatiens capensis and Impatiens pallida.

Source: Wiktionary


Jew"el*weed`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: See Impatiens.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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7 November 2024

ERASE

(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”


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