| Sponsored Links: | |||
|   | |||
| Definition: | [n] prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft gray-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled | ||
|   | |||
| Synonyms: | humble plant, live-and-die, Mimosa pudica, sensitive plant, shame plant, touch-me-not | ||
|   | |||
| See Also: | genus Mimosa, mimosa | ||
| |||
| COPYRIGHT © 2000-2009 HYPERDICTIONARY.COM | HYPERDICTIONARY.COM |