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jewelweed

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jew⋅el⋅weed

[joo-uhl-weed]
–noun
any of several plants of the genus Impatiens, esp. I. capensis, having orange-yellow flowers spotted with reddish brown, or I. pallida, having yellow flowers sometimes spotted with brownish red.
Compare touch-me-not.


Origin:
1810–20, Americanism; jewel + weed 1
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jew·el·weed   (jōō'əl-wēd')   
n.  Any of several plants of the genus Impatiens having yellowish spurred flowers and seedpods that dehisce into five valves when mature. Also called balsam, touch-me-not.
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