The Collaborative International Dictionary
Impatiens \Im*pa"ti*ens\ ([i^]m*p[=a]"sh[i^]*[e^]nz), prop. n. [L., impatient.] (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.
Wiktionary
n. Any of various ornamental plants of the genus ''Impatiens''
Wikipedia
Impatiens is a genus of about 850 to 1,000 species of flowering plants, widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere and the tropics. Together with the genus Hydrocera, Impatiens make up the family Balsaminaceae.
Common names include impatiens, jewelweed, touch-me-not, snapweed, patience, and, for I. walleriana in Great Britain, "busy lizzie", as well as, ambiguously, balsam. As a rule-of-thumb, "jewelweed" is used exclusively for Nearctic species, "balsam" is usually applied to tropical species, and "touch-me-not" is typically used in Europe and North America.
Usage examples of "impatiens".
On the porch the hanging pots of yellow bougainvillea, scarlet gaillardia and purple impatiens added a dreamlike feeling.
The property was lushly landscaped-banana palms, half a dozen colorful varieties of impatiens, ferns, bougainvillaea, even some star jasmine and the elaborate banks of shrubs and flowers led one to expect that the interior of the Tuck home would be overfurnished and overdecorated, perhaps in some heavy European style.
Under her direction, we bought dozens of flats of just-budding impatiens, petunia, and marigold, as well as two long troughs, and sacks of potting compost.
He went to a blazing bed of late-blooming ranunculuses, to another of impatiens, and his tail wagged faster with each discovery.