telegraph plant

telegraph plant

n.

A tropical Asian plant (Desmodium motorium) having trifoliolate compound leaves, whose lateral leaflets are very small and move by jerks under the influence of sunshine.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

telegraph plant - erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine Codariocalyx motorius, Desmodium gyrans, Desmodium motorium, semaphore plant Codariocalyx, genus Codariocalyx - used in some classifications for plants usually included in genus Desmodium bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems