| NOUN | plant | sensitive plant, touch-me-not, shame plant, live-and-die, humble plant, action plant, Mimosa pudica | prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia |
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| plant | sensitive plant, Mimosa sensitiva | semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch |
| Meaning | prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled. | |
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| Synonyms | touch-me-not, shame plant, live-and-die, humble plant, action plant, Mimosa pudica | |
| Member of | genus Mimosa | genus of spiny woody shrubs or trees |
| Broader | mimosa | Any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves |
| Catalan | Mimosa pudica, sensitiva | |
| Meaning | semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch. | |
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| Synonym | Mimosa sensitiva | |
| Member of | genus Mimosa | genus of spiny woody shrubs or trees |
| Broader | mimosa | Any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves |
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