jewelweed

See also: jewel-weed

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Alternative forms edit

jewel-weed

Etymology edit

From jewel +‎ weed.

Noun edit

jewelweed (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

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