English noun: shame plant | |||
1. | shame plant (plant) 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 | ||
Synonyms | action plant, humble plant, live-and-die, Mimosa pudica, sensitive plant, touch-me-not | ||
Broader (hypernym) | mimosa | ||
Member meronym | genus Mimosa | ||