jewelweed
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of jewelweed
Example Sentences
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Around this time on a recent Thursday, a dozen people clustered on one side of the falls, along two ledges that were blanketed in snakeroot, yellow jewelweed, spotted Joe-Pye weed and pale swallowwort.
From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2022
Our forest floors should be carpeted with Virginia bluebells, trillium, skunk cabbage, jewelweed, ferns, spring beauty, trout lily, columbine and more.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2022
Other plants she joyfully forages include American persimmons, pawpaws, wood nettles and jewelweed, which grows near creeks in Ohio, “where they can keep their feet wet.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2021
A store wall is lined with Mason jars filled with herbaceous plants like jewelweed, passionflower and elderberry, which Appalachians were taught to use by the Cherokee.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2021
Sam washed it with cold water, saw it was not severe, and patched it with jewelweed leaves to stop the flow of blood.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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