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jewel-weed

jewel-weed is the alternative spelling of jewelweed.

Meaning of jewelweed

Noun

jewelweed (countable and uncountable, plural jewelweeds)

  1. (US) 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.’1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 136

Forms of jewel-weed

pluraljewel-weeds

Origin of jewel-weed

From jewel + weed.

Questions about jewel-weed

What is jewel-weed the alternative spelling of?
Jewel-weed is the alternative spelling of jewelweed.

Words near jewel-weed in the dictionary

  1. jewel-babblers
  2. jewel-neck
  3. jewel-necks
  4. jewel-tone
  5. jewel-toned
  6. jewel-weed
  7. jewel-weeds
  8. jewelcraft
  9. jewelcrafting
  10. jeweled
  11. jeweler

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