单词 | false sensitive plant |
释义 | > as lemmasfalse sensitive plant false sensitive plant n. any of several American leguminous plants having leaflets that fold together when touched; (in later use) spec. Desmanthus illinoensis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > mimosa or sensitive plant > plant similar to bastard sensitive plant1759 false sensitive plant1771 American sensitive plant1807 1771 P. Miller Abridgem. of Gardeners Dict. (ed. 6) Æschynomene. The false Sensitive Plant. 1821 W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. (new ed.) I. 102 Æschynomene hispida. False-Sensitive-Plant. 1889 Canad. Entomologist 21 129 Terias lisa.—Moderately common, but very local. Feeds on false sensitive plant (Cassia nictitans). 1994 S. Shirley Restoring Tallgrass Prairie 170 Desmanthus illinoensis. Prairie mimosa, Illinois bundle flower, pickleweed, false sensitive plant. < as lemmas |
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