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Definition: snapweed
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.
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