ORANGE BALSAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does orange balsam mean? 

• ORANGE BALSAM (noun)
  The noun ORANGE BALSAM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ORANGE BALSAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORANGE BALSAM (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

celandine; Impatiens capensis; jewelweed; lady's earrings; orange balsam; touch-me-not

Hypernyms ("orange balsam" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("orange balsam" is a member of...):

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