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    TELEGRAPH PLANT

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshineplay

    Synonyms:

    Codariocalyx motorius; Desmodium gyrans; Desmodium motorium; semaphore plant; telegraph plant

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    Nouns denoting plants

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

    bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

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

    Codariocalyx; genus Codariocalyx (used in some classifications for plants usually included in genus Desmodium)

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