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GENUS IMPATIENS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual or perennial herbs with stems more or less succulent; cosmopolitan except for South America, Australia, and New Zealand
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Impatiens" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Impatiens"):
celandine; Impatiens capensis; jewelweed; lady's earrings; orange balsam; touch-me-not (North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil)
Holonyms ("genus Impatiens" is a member of...):
balsam family; Balsaminaceae; family Balsaminaceae (distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers)
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