Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sensitive_plant

2 senses of sensitive plant

Sense 1
sensitive plant, touch-me-not, shame plant, live-and-die, humble plant, action plant, Mimosa pudica -- (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)
       => mimosa -- (any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves)

Sense 2
sensitive plant, Mimosa sensitiva -- (semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch)
       => mimosa -- (any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves)