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jewelweed

noun

Etymology

From jewel + weed.

  1. inherited from *weud✻ — “weed”
  2. inherited from wēod
  3. inherited from weed
  4. compounded as jewelweed — “jewel + weed”

Definitions

  1. Impatiens, especially Impatiens capensis and Impatiens pallida.

    • 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.’

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA