JEWELWEED


Meaning of JEWELWEED in English

/jooh"euhl weed'/ , n.

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. Cf. touch-me-not .

[ 1810-20, Amer.; JEWEL + WEED 1 ]

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