impatiens capensis

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   North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil

   Synonymsjewelweedlady's earringsorange balsamcelandinetouch-me-not

   Broaderherb

   Part ofgenus Impatiens

Questions about impatiens capensis

What does impatiens capensis mean?

impatiens capensis means "North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil".

What is another word for impatiens capensis?

Close synonyms include jewelweed, lady's earrings, orange balsam, celandine, touch-me-not. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is impatiens capensis a common word?

impatiens capensis 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.