jewelweed
See also: jewel-weed
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editjewelweed (countable and uncountable, plural jewelweeds)
- (US) Impatiens, especially Impatiens capensis and Impatiens pallida.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 136:
- he could still see a flower here and there smile up at him – the tawny red of the jewel-weed, and the close-tufted ball of the ‘mountain snow.’
References
edit- Impatiens on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Impatiens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Impatiens on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- jewelweed at USDA Plants database