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    ACTION PLANT

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    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 cooledplay

    Synonyms:

    action plant; humble plant; live-and-die; Mimosa pudica; sensitive plant; shame plant; touch-me-not

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("action plant" is a kind of...):

    mimosa (any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves)

    Holonyms ("action plant" is a member of...):

    genus Mimosa (genus of spiny woody shrubs or trees; named for their apparent imitation of animal sensitivity to light and heat and movement)

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