MIMOSA SENSITIVA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch

Synonyms:

Mimosa sensitiva; sensitive plant

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Mimosa sensitiva" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Mimosa sensitiva" 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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