action plant

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action plant - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  action plant
      n 1: 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 [syn: sensitive plant,
           touch-me-not, shame plant, live-and-die, humble plant
           , action plant, Mimosa pudica]