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jewelweed noun[ U ] uk /ˈdʒuː.əl.wiːd/ us /ˈdʒuː.əl.wiːd/ a North American plant of the impatiens family with yellow or orange flowers with red-brown spots: The scenery includes colourful orange jewelweed and bright-yellow cinquefoil. Jewelweed often grows near poison ivy and very effectively treats the rash. A single bird in a patch of jewelweed may visit as many as two hundred flowers in fifteen minutes. Jewelweed is best known for its skin-healing properties. Jewelweed is a very wide-ranging plant that occurs from Newfoundland to Alaska and south to Florida. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Flowers & flowering plants aconite adam-and-eve aeonium African daisy agapanthus edelweiss eglantine elderflower elephant ear erythronium loosestrife lords-and-ladies lotus love-in-a-mist lupin sedum sego lily self-heal senecio sensitive plant |