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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 im·pa·tiens /ɪmˈpeʃənz, ʃən(t)s/

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Im·pa·ti·ens prop. n.  Bot. A genus of plants, several species of which have very beautiful flowers; -- so called because the elastic capsules burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable force.  Called also touch-me-not, jewelweed, and snapweed.  Impatiens Balsamina (sometimes called lady's slipper) is the common garden balsam.
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