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Balsamine

Bal′sam-ine

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
balsamine
, fr. Gr.
βαλσαμίνη
balsam plant.]
(Bot.)
The
Impatiens balsamina
, or garden balsam.

Definition 2024

balsamine

balsamine

English

Noun

balsamine ‎(plural balsamines)

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

French

Noun

balsamine f ‎(plural balsamines)

  1. balsam (plant) (clarification of this French definition is being sought)

Italian

Noun

balsamine f pl

  1. plural of balsamina

Etymology

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.

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