garden balsam

noun

: a plant (Impatiens balsamina) having a more or less pubescent stem, lanceolate sharply serrate leaves tapering to a short petiole, and flowers borne in the axils of the leaves and varying in color from white to purple and rose

called also balsam, balsamine

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