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1. (n.) sensitive plant
a tropical American plant, Mimosapudica, with bipinnate leaves whose leaflets fold together when touched.
2. sensitive plant
any of various other plants that are sensitive to touch.
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1. (noun) sensitive plant, touch-me-not, shame plant, live-and-die, humble plant, action plant, Mimosa pudica
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
2. (noun) sensitive plant, Mimosa sensitiva
semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch
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