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English noun: sensitive plant | |||
| 1. | sensitive 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, shame plant, touch-me-not | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mimosa | ||
| Member meronym | genus Mimosa | ||
| 2. | sensitive plant (plant) semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch | ||
| Synonyms | Mimosa sensitiva | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mimosa | ||
| Member meronym | genus Mimosa | ||
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