HyperDic: shame_plant

English > 1 sense of the expression shame plant:
NOUNplantshame plant, sensitive plant, touch-me-not, live-and-die, humble plant, action plant, Mimosa pudicaprostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia
English > shame plant: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningprostrate 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.
Synonymssensitive plant, touch-me-not, live-and-die, humble plant, action plant, Mimosa pudica
Member ofgenus Mimosagenus of spiny woody shrubs or trees
BroadermimosaAny of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves
CatalanMimosa pudica, sensitiva

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