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TELEGRAPH PLANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine
Synonyms:
Codariocalyx motorius; Desmodium gyrans; Desmodium motorium; semaphore plant; telegraph plant
Classified under:
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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