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Meaning of TELEGRAPH PLANT

Pronunciation:  'telu`graf plant

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine
 
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 Synonyms: Codariocalyx motorius, Desmodium gyrans, Desmodium motorium, semaphore plant
 
 See Also: bush, Codariocalyx, genus Codariocalyx, shrub

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Telegraph plant\
An East Indian tick trefoil (Meibomia gyrans), whose lateral
leaflets jerk up and down like the arms of a semaphore, and
also rotate on their axes.
 
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