ˈ ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷)ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
: a plant of the genus Impatiens : balsam 4: as
a. : a somewhat glaucous annual herb ( I. capensis ) of No. America that occurs from Newfoundland to Alaska and south to Florida chiefly on wet rather acid soil and has extremely variable but typically crimson-spotted orange open flowers and sometimes minute cleistogamous flowers — called also celandine
b. : a glaucous annual herb ( I. pallida ) that occurs on wet and usually calcareous soil in much of eastern and central No. America and has canary yellow to creamy white flowers sometimes spotted with brownish red — called also snapweed, touch-me-not