touch-me-not
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(noun) prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft gray-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled |
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Synonyms: Mimosa pudica, action plant, humble plant, live-and-die, sensitive plant, shame plant |
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Related Words: mimosa |
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(noun) Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched |
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Synonyms: Ecballium elaterium, exploding cucumber, squirting cucumber |
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Related Words: gourd, gourd vine |
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(noun) North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil |
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Synonyms: Impatiens capensis, celandine, jewelweed, lady's earrings, orange balsam |
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Related Words: herb, herbaceous plant |
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