Look up: Impatiens

1. Impatiens
   (Balsam, Busy Lizzie, Impatiens, Jewelweed, Patience Plant, Patient Lucy, Sultana, Touch-Me-Not, Zanzibar Balsam) These are hardy and tender annual and perennial herbs from Asia, North America, and South Africa. The name of these plants refers to the elasticity of the valves of the seedpods, which d...
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2. Impatiens
   Im·pa'ti·ens (-shĭ*ĕnz) noun [ Latin , impatient.] (Botany) 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 consi...
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3. impatiens
   <botany> 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 c...
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4. Impatiens
   • (n.) 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 c...
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5. Impatiens
   large genus of herbaceous plants, belonging to the balsam family (Balsaminaceae), that are widely distributed in Asia, Africa, and North America. ...
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6. impatiens
   impatiens (impā'shēenz") : see jewelweed.
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7. Impatiens
   The Impatiens are a genus of plants with elastic valves of the seed-pod which discharge the seeds when ripe or when touched.
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8. Impatiens
   :"Balsamine" redirects here. For the z-->) is a genus of about 850&ndash;1,000 species of flowering plants, widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere and tropics. Together with the puzzling Hydrocera triflora, this genus makes up the family Balsaminaceae. Such a s...
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