NOUN | plant | live-and-die, sensitive plant, touch-me-not, shame plant, humble plant, action plant, Mimosa pudica | prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia |
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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 | sensitive plant, touch-me-not, shame plant, 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 |
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