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What (who) is impatiens - definition

GENUS OF PLANTS

Jewelweed plant; Jewelweed; Impatien; Balsam (flower); Jewel-weed; Balsamine; Jewel weed; Wild balsam; Wild Balsam; Balsam weed; Balsam-weed; Balsam Weed; Balsam flower; Chrysaea; Impatientella; Semeiocardium; Trimorphopetalum

Impatiens

·noun A genus of plants, several species of which have very beautiful flowers;

- so called because the elastic capsules burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable force. Called also touch-me-not, jewelweed, and snapweed. I. Balsamina (sometimes called lady's slipper) is the common garden balsam.

impatiens

[?m'pat??nz]

¦ noun a plant of a genus that includes busy Lizzie and its many hybrids. [Genus Impatiens.]

Origin

mod. L. , from L., lit. 'impatient' (because the capsules of the plant readily burst open when touched).

busy Lizzie

SPECIES OF PLANT

Busy lizzie; Impatiens sultani; Maria-sem-vergonha; Busy Lizzie; Busy Lizzy; Buzzy lizzy; Busy lizzy

¦ noun (plural busy Lizzies) Brit. an East African plant with abundant red, pink, or white flowers, grown as a house plant. [Impatiens walleriana.]

Wikipedia

Impatiens

Impatiens is a genus of more than 1,000 species of flowering plants, widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere and the tropics. Together with the genus Hydrocera (one species), Impatiens make up the family Balsaminaceae.

Common names in North America include impatiens, jewelweed, touch-me-not, snapweed and patience. As a rule-of-thumb, "jewelweed" is used exclusively for Nearctic species, and balsam is usually applied to tropical species. In the British Isles by far the most common names are impatiens and busy lizzie, especially for the many varieties, hybrids and cultivars involving Impatiens walleriana. "Busy lizzie" is also found in the American literature. The invasive alien Impatiens glandulifera is commonly called policeman's helmet in the UK.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impatiens

Examples of use of impatiens

1. Impatiens is the only flower in the list that is not perennial.

2. Despite its massive popularity the Busy Lizzie – or Impatiens walleriana – has always had one downside: it is too upright.

3. It had a window looking out onto a verdant carpet of lawn and tidy beds of red and white impatiens.

4. And, amazingly for anyone used to the insane prestissimo impatiens of Rio de Janeiro driving, people actually follow the rules of the road.

5. Tending the islands of purple petunias and bright pink impatiens, Fade Kanboura, a gardener, seems to symbolize the cultural and religious mix for which Haifa is renowned.