sensitive_plant
1. [ noun ] (botany) 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: shame_plant live-and-die humble_plant action_plant Mimosa_pudica touch-me-not
Related terms: mimosa genus_Mimosa
2. [ noun ] (botany) semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch
Synonyms: Mimosa_sensitiva
Related terms: mimosa genus_Mimosa
Similar spelling:   sensitive_pea
  sensitive_fern
  sensitiveness