sensitive plant

sensitive plant

n.

1. A shrubby tropical American plant (Mimosa pudica) having mauve flower heads and bipinnately compound leaves with leaflets and leafstalks that fold and droop when touched. Also called touch-me-not.

2. Any of various similar plants, such as Cassia nictitans, of eastern and central North America.

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sensitive plant

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a tropical American mimosa plant, Mimosa pudica, the leaflets and stems of which fold if touched

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any similar plant, such as the leguminous plant Cassia nictitans of E North America

3. Informal a person who is easily upset

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sensitive plant - 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 action plant, humble plant, live-and-die, Mimosa pudica, shame plant, touch-me-not genus Mimosa - genus of spiny woody shrubs or trees; named for their apparent imitation of animal sensitivity to light and heat and movement mimosa - any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves
	2.	sensitive plant - semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch Mimosa sensitiva genus Mimosa - genus of spiny woody shrubs or trees; named for their apparent imitation of animal sensitivity to light and heat and movement mimosa - any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves