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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
jewelweed
    n 1: North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange
         flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil [syn:
         jewelweed, lady's earrings, orange balsam,
         celandine, touch-me-not, Impatiens capensis]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Impatiens \Im*pa"ti*ens\ ([i^]m*p[=a]"sh[i^]*[e^]nz), prop. 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. Impatiens Balsamina (sometimes called lady's
   slipper) is the common garden balsam.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Jewelweed \Jew"el*weed`\, n. (Bot.)
   See Impatiens.
   [1913 Webster]

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