† balsaminen.
Botany. Obsolete.
Book name for:
a. balsam apple n. at balsam n. and adj. Compounds 2.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > balsam apple
balsam apple1578
balsamine1578
marvellous apple1578
1542 L. Fuchs De Hist. Stirpium lxix. 188 Duo Balsamines genera damus. Primam, quam nos certioris discriminis gratia marem fecimus... Alteram, quam fœminam nominauimus.]
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 441 By the name of Balsamine, you must now understand two sorts of apples..The one is called the Male Balsem, or Balme apple.
b. the plant Balsam ( Impatiens balsamina). Fuchsius had distinguished these as Balsamine mas, and B. femina.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > balsam and allied flowers
noli me tangere1563
balsam apple1578
touch-me-not1659
eagle-flower1718
balsam1736
quick-in-hand1744
Capuchin1756
balsamine1785
impatiens1785
jewelweed1817
snap-weed1823
lady's slipper1836
busy Lizzie1938
sultana1938
patient Lucy1940
policeman's helmet1950
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxvi. 409 True Balsam, or more properly Balsamine.
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