- sensitive plant
- noun Date: 1659 any of several mimosas (especially Mimosa pudica) with leaves that fold or droop when touched; broadly a plant responding to touch with movement
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Sensitive plant — Sensitive Sen si*tive, a. [F. sensitif. See {Sense}.] 1. Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul. [1913 Webster] 2. Having quick and acute sensibility,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sensitive plant — n. a tropical American plant (Mimosa pudica) of the mimosa family, with a spiny stem, minute, purplish flowers in spherical clusters, and leaflets that fold and leafstalks that droop at the slightest touch … English World dictionary
sensitive plant — 1. Also called humble plant. a tropical American plant, Mimosa pudica, cultivated in greenhouses, having bipinnate leaves whose leaflets fold together when touched. 2. any of various other plants that are sensitive to touch. [1650 60] * * *… … Universalium
sensitive plant — jautrioji mimoza statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Pupinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis augalas (Mimosa pudica), kilęs iš Amerikos atogrąžų. atitikmenys: lot. Mimosa pudica angl. humble plant; mimosa; sensitive plant; sensitive plant;… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
sensitive-plant — jautrioji mimoza statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Pupinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis augalas (Mimosa pudica), kilęs iš Amerikos atogrąžų. atitikmenys: lot. Mimosa pudica angl. humble plant; mimosa; sensitive plant; sensitive plant;… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
sensitive plant — /ˈsɛnsətɪv plænt/ (say sensuhtiv plant) noun 1. a Northern Hemisphere plant, Mimosa pudica, with fern like sensitive leaves which fold together when touched. 2. any of various other plants sensitive to touch, as the giant sensitive plant …
sensitive plant — noun 1. 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 • Syn: ↑touch me not, ↑shame… … Useful english dictionary
sensitive plant — sen′sitive plant n. 1) pln a tropical American plant, Mimosa pudica, with bipinnate leaves whose leaflets fold together when touched 2) pln any of various other plants that are sensitive to touch … From formal English to slang
sensitive plant — noun a tropical American plant of the pea family, whose leaflets fold together and leaves bend down when touched. [Mimosa pudica.] … English new terms dictionary
Sensitive plant — Mimosa (E) … EthnoBotanical Dictionary
