mimosa sensitiva

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

hypernym	:	mimosa,
definition	:	any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus mimosa,
definition	:	genus of spiny woody shrubs or trees; named for their apparent imitation of animal sensitivity to light and heat and movement (noun.plant)