jewelweed : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: jewelweed	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for jewelweed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jewelweed n North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil Synonym(s): jewelweed, lady's earrings, orange balsam, celandine, touch-me-not, Impatiens capensis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jewelweed \Jew"el*weed`\, n. (Bot.) See {Impatiens}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Impatiens \[d8]Impa"tiens\, n. [L., impatient.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, several species of which have very beautiful flowers; -- so called because the elastic capsules burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable force. Called also {touch-me-not}, {jewelweed}, and {snapweed}. {I. Balsamina} (sometimes called {lady's slipper}) is the common garden balsam.