sensitive plant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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
    live-and-die; touch-me-not; action plant; Mimosa pudica; humble plant; shame plant.
  2. noun semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch
    Mimosa sensitiva.

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