NOM | plant | Mimosa pudica, sensitiva | prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia |
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Sentit | 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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Sinònim | sensitiva | |
Membre de | genus mimosa | genus of spiny woody shrubs or trees |
General | mimosa | Any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves |
Anglès | sensitive plant, touch-me-not, shame plant, live-and-die, humble plant, action plant, Mimosa pudica |
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