MIMOSA SENSITIVA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mimosa sensitiva mean? 

• MIMOSA SENSITIVA (noun)
  The noun MIMOSA SENSITIVA has 1 sense:

1. semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch

  Familiarity information: MIMOSA SENSITIVA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIMOSA SENSITIVA (noun)

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Meaning:

Semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Mimosa sensitiva; sensitive plant

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)