English Explanatory Dictionary

shame plant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Mimosa, especially Mimosa pudica.

Word forms

shame plant shame plants shameplant

Etymology

So called because of its shrinking reaction to being touched. Compare Latin pudica (“shamefaced”) in the taxonomic name.

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