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MIMOSA SENSITIVA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch
Synonyms:
Mimosa sensitiva; sensitive plant
Classified under:
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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