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Definition of Snapweed
1. n. See Impatiens.
Definition of Snapweed
1. Noun. (botany) impatiens ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Snapweed
1. a flowering plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Snapweed
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Snapweed
Literary usage of Snapweed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Few Familiar Flowers: How to Love Them at Home Or in School by Margaret Warner Morley (1897)
"... TOUCH-ME-NOT, LADY'S EARDROP, BALSAM, snapweed. SUCH are the various names by
which this plant that grows by the roadside in damp places is known. ..."
2. A Few Familiar Flowers: How to Love Them at Home Or in School by Margaret Warner Morley (1897)
"... TOUCH-ME-NOT, LADY'S EARDROP, BALSAM, snapweed. SUCH are the various names by
which this plant that grows by the roadside in damp places is known. ..."
3. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"Jewelweed; pale touch-me-not; snapweed; wild celandine. Native, annual plant, 2
to 4 feet high, found in rich soil in moist, shady places from Quebec to ..."
4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Nova Scotia to Saskatchewan, Georgia and Kansas, July-Sept. snapweed. Balsam.
Wild balsam or celandine. Silverweed. Slippers. Quick-in-the- hand. Jewelweed. ..."
5. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"This and the preceding also called snapweed. Family 71. RHAMNACEAE Dumort. Fl.
Belg. 102. 1827. BUCKTHORN FAMILY. Erect or climbing shrubs, or small trees, ..."
6. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"This and the preceding also called snapweed. Family 71. RHAMNACEAE Dumort. Fl.
Belg. 102. 1827. BUCKTHORN FAMILY. Erect or climbing shrubs, or small trees, ..."
7. Child Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle (1899)
"... them snap violently open — hence its country name of touch-me-not and snapweed.
When the leaves were hung with dew it deserved its title of jewelweed, ..."
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