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| im·pa·tiens [ im páysh'nz, im páysh'nss ] (plural im·pa·tiens) |
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low-growing many-flowered garden plant: a cultivated species of the balsam family, popular as a houseplant and garden plant. Flowers: multicolored. Latin name Impatiens balsamina.
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| [Late 18th century. Via modern Latin< Latin, stem impatient-; because its capsules tend to burst open when touched] |
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