balsamine

From Latin balsamina (“balsam plant”) (perhaps via French balsamine), from Ancient Greek βαλσαμίνη (balsamínē). The Latin name of the unrelated balsam plant must have been applied to Impatiens balsamina soon after it arrived in Europe- Leonhart Fuchs referred to it as balsamina as early as 1542.

balsamine (plural balsamines)

1. A plant, the Impatiens balsamina, or garden balsam.

   Synonyms: balsam, garden balsam, garden balsamine, rose balsam, touch-me-not, spotted snapweed

• “balsamine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Lima beans, lima beans

From Late Latin balsaminus, from Latin balsamum.

• IPA^(key): /bal.za.min/

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balsamine f (plural balsamines)

1. balsam (plant) (plant of Impatiens)

• → Dutch: balsemien

• “balsamine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

balsamine f pl

1. plural of balsamina