jewelweed

See also: jewel-weed

English

Alternative forms

• jewel-weed

Etymology

From jewel +‎ weed.

Noun

jewelweed (countable and uncountable, plural jewelweeds)

1. (US) Impatiens, especially Impatiens capensis and Impatiens pallida.
   • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 136:

     he could still see a flower here and there smile up at him – the tawny red of the jewel-weed, and the close-tufted ball of the ‘mountain snow.’

References

• Impatiens on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Impatiens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Impatiens on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• jewelweed at USDA Plants database