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jewelweed

jewelweed noun: impatiens, especially Impatiens capensis and Impatiens pallida.

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 jewelweed

pluraljewelweeds
alternative formjewel-weed

Origin of jewelweed

From jewel + weed.

Questions about jewelweed

What does jewelweed mean?
Jewelweed means impatiens, especially Impatiens capensis and Impatiens pallida.
What part of speech is jewelweed?
Jewelweed is a noun.
What is the plural of jewelweed?
The plural of jewelweed is jewelweeds.

Words near jewelweed in the dictionary

  1. jewels in the crown
  2. jewels in the Liberal crown
  3. jewelsmith
  4. jewelsmithing
  5. jewelsmiths
  6. jewelweed
  7. jewelweeds
  8. jewely
  9. Jewes
  10. jewes harp
  11. jewes harps

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