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Meaning of SENSITIVE PLANT

Pronunciation:  'sensitiv plant

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch
  2. [n]  prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft gray-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
 
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 Synonyms: action plant, humble plant, live-and-die, Mimosa pudica, Mimosa sensitiva, shame plant, touch-me-not
 
 See Also: genus Mimosa, mimosa

 

 

 

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