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Definition of Impatiens
1. n. A genus of plants, several species of which have very beautiful flowers; -- so called because the elastic capsules burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable force. Called also touch-me-not, jewelweed, and snapweed. I. Balsamina (sometimes called lady's slipper) is the common garden balsam.
Definition of Impatiens
1. Noun. Any of various ornamental plants of the genus ''Impatiens'' ¹
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Definition of Impatiens
1. [n IMPATIENS]
Medical Definition of Impatiens
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Impatiens
Literary usage of Impatiens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1916)
"ANNA HALL RAITT University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio • The genus impatiens
is represented chiefly in Asia, where in 1860 a collection of 100 species ..."
2. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1884)
"... from which it appears that he threw the mined leaves of impatiens noli-me-tangere "
and hips of rose together " in his greenhouse, and when the imagos ..."
3. Flora Domestica: Or, The Portable Flower-garden : with Directions for the by Elizabeth Kent (1825)
"This plant grows in England and many other parts of Europe, and in Canada: it is
the only species of impatiens which grows wild in Europe. ..."
4. An Elementary Latin Dictionary by Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery (1918)
"... adj., unfed, hungry: leo, V impatiens (in-p-), entis, adj., that can»" bear,
intolerant, impatient, submissive : vue, 0- \no\T\erà, V.-. ..."
5. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1915)
"... but these are sometimes very few in number, or altogether lost by abrasion,
so that the species is liable to be confused with impatiens. ..."
6. A Botanical Materia Medica by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"Neum. ii. 118. Ipecacuanha blanc. Pomet i. 47. 190. impatiens. ... Obs. 5896. L.
1. Peduncles with 1 fower. L. 1. impatiens Balsamina. ..."
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