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Sensitive plant   /sˈɛnsətɪv plænt/   Listen
Sensitive plant

noun
1.
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.
2.
Semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch.  Synonym: Mimosa sensitiva.



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"Sensitive plant" Quotes from Famous Books



... leaves and stems are very delicate. These leaves will frequently fold up, if knocked, like the leaves of a sensitive plant. You can look for a plant in the woods and try it. The leaves, too, have ...
— Woodside - or, Look, Listen, and Learn. • Caroline Hadley



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