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Detailed Synonyms for Mimosa pudica in English
Mimosa pudica:
Mimosa pudica [the ~] noun
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the 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 1the touch-me-not; the Mimosa pudica; the action plant; the humble plant; the live-and-die; the sensitive plant; the shame plant– 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 1