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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.
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