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jewelweed

jew·el·weed
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [joo-uh l-weed]
    • /ˈdʒu əlˌwid/
    • /dʒˈuːəlwˌiːd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [joo-uh l-weed]
    • /ˈdʒu əlˌwid/

Definitions of jewelweed word

  • noun jewelweed any of several plants of the genus Impatiens, especially I. capensis, having orange-yellow flowers spotted with reddish brown, or I. pallida, having yellow flowers sometimes spotted with brownish red. 1
  • noun jewelweed (US) Impatiens, especially Impatiens capensis and Impatiens pallida. 1
  • noun jewelweed any plant of the genus Impatiens 0
  • noun jewelweed any of a number of plants (genus Impatiens) of the balsam family, bearing yellow or orange-yellow flowers with short spurs, and seedpods that split at the touch when ripe 0

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Origin of jewelweed

First appearance:

before 1810
One of the 40% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1810-20; jewel + weed1

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Parts of speech for Jewelweed

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

jewelweed popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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