| 释义 |
jewelweed
\ˈ ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷)ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
: a plant of the genus Impatiens : balsam 4: as
a. : a somewhat glaucous annual herb (I. capensis) of No. America that occurs from Newfoundland to Alaska and south to Florida chiefly on wet rather acid soil and has extremely variable but typically crimson-spotted orange open flowers and sometimes minute cleistogamous flowers — called also celandine
b. : a glaucous annual herb (I. pallida) that occurs on wet and usually calcareous soil in much of eastern and central No. America and has canary yellow to creamy white flowers sometimes spotted with brownish red — called also snapweed, touch-me-not |