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Mimosa pudica

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Meaning #1: prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft gray-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
  Synonyms: sensitive plant, touch-me-not, shame plant, live-and-die, humble plant, action plant


 
 
 

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