SENSITIVE PLANT Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the phrase sensitive plant. (close relations)
Definition of SENSITIVE PLANT
plant
Best Alternative Words for SENSITIVE PLANT
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action plant | nounn | |||||||
noun • 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 | ||||||||
humble plant | nounn | |||||||
noun • 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 | ||||||||
live-and-die | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • 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 | ||||||||
mimosa pudica | nounn | |||||||
noun • 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 | ||||||||
mimosa sensitiva | nounn | |||||||
noun • semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch | ||||||||
shame plant | ||||||||
noun • 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 | ||||||||
touch-me-not | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil • Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched • 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 |