Found 2 items, similar to jewelweed.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: jewelweed jewelweed n : North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil [syn: lady's earrings , orange balsam, celandine, touch-me-not, Impatiens capensis]
English → English (gcide) Definition: jewelweed 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]