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English noun: humble plant

1. humble 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


Synonymsaction plant, live-and-die, Mimosa pudica, sensitive plant, shame plant, touch-me-not


Broader (hypernym)mimosa


Member meronymgenus Mimosa









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