HyperDic: desmodium_gyrans

English > 1 sense of the expression Desmodium gyrans:
NOUNplantDesmodium gyrans, telegraph plant, semaphore plant, Codariocalyx motorius, Desmodium motoriumerect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine
English > Desmodium gyrans: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningErect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine.
Synonymstelegraph plant, semaphore plant, Codariocalyx motorius, Desmodium motorium
Member ofCodariocalyx, genus CodariocalyxUsed in some classifications for plants usually included in genus Desmodium
Broadershrub, bushA low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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