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