† ˈbalsamine Bot. Obs.
[a. F. balsamine, ad. Gr. βαλσαµίνη balsam-plant, f. βάλσαµον: see balsam n. and -ine.]
Book name for: a. Balsam Apple; b. the plant Balsam (Impatiens Balsamina). Fuchsius had distinguished these as Balsamine mas, and B. femina.
| [1542 Fuchsius Hist. Stirpium, Duo Balsamines genera damus. Primam, quam nos certioris discriminis gratia marem fecimus..Alteram, quam feminam nominauimus.] 1578 Lyte Dodoens 441 By the name of Balsamine, you must now understand two sorts of apples..The one is called the Male Balsem, or Balme apple. 1794 Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xxvi. 407 True Balsam, or more properly Balsamine. |