English Explanatory Dictionary

telegraph plant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Codariocalyx motorius, a tropical Asian shrub, one of the few plants capable of rapid movement.

Word forms

telegraph plant telegraph plants

Etymology

So called because the jerking motions of the leaves are thought to resemble signalling.

Synonyms

semaphore plant
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