balsamine

English

Etymology

From Latin balsamina (“balsam plant”) (perhaps via French balsamine), from Ancient Greek βαλσαμίνη (balsamínē). The Latin name of the unrelated balsam plant must have been applied to Impatiens balsamina soon after it arrived in Europe- Leonhart Fuchs referred to it as balsamina as early as 1542.

Noun

balsamine (plural balsamines)

1. A plant, the Impatiens balsamina, or garden balsam.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “balsamine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Lima beans, lima beans

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin balsaminus, from Latin balsamum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bal.za.min/

Noun

balsamine f (plural balsamines)

1. balsam (plant) (clarification of this definition is needed)

Further reading

• “balsamine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

balsamine f pl

1. plural of balsamina