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    LADY'S EARRINGS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soilplay

    Synonyms:

    celandine; Impatiens capensis; jewelweed; lady's earrings; orange balsam; touch-me-not

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("lady's earrings" is a kind of...):

    herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

    Holonyms ("lady's earrings" is a member of...):

    genus Impatiens (annual or perennial herbs with stems more or less succulent; cosmopolitan except for South America, Australia, and New Zealand)

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