Definition of Impateins
||Im*pa"ti*ens (-sh&ibreve;*&ebreve;nz),
n. [L., impatient.] (Bot.) 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A genus of flowering plants of the family Balsaminaceae comprising many species, among then Busy Lizzie.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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