sensitive plant#2 (n)
touch-me-not#3 (n)
shame plant (n)
live-and-die (n)
humble plant (n)
action plant (n)
Mimosa pudica (n)

n11755319

type n
lex_filenum 20
def prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia
def heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
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Hypernym mimosa
Member holonym genus Mimosa
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Member meronym genus Mimosa
Hyponym mimosa

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