genus impatiens

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   annual or perennial herbs with stems more or less succulent; cosmopolitan except for South America, Australia, and New Zealand

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofBalsaminaceae

Questions about genus impatiens

What does genus impatiens mean?

genus impatiens means "annual or perennial herbs with stems more or less succulent; cosmopolitan except for South America, Australia, and New Zealand".

Is genus impatiens a common word?

genus impatiens is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.