| 单词 | bastard sensitive plant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbastard sensitive plant bastard sensitive plant n. now rare any of several American leguminous plants of the genus Aeschynomene, having leaflets that fold together when touched; esp. sensitive joint vetch, A. virginica.Cf. American sensitive plant n. at American n. and adj. Compounds 3b, false sensitive plant n. at false adj., adv., and n. Compounds 3. 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 1759 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 7) at Æschynomene Bastard Sensitive Plant with a prickly Stalk, pointed Leaves, and jointed Pods half rounded. 1812 J. Taylor Compl. Weather Guide App. v. 153 Æschynomene or Bastard Sensitive Plant, and several others of the Diadelphia class, in serene weather expand their leaves in the day-time, and contract them during the night. 1955 Contrib. U.S. National Herbarium 32 58 Aeschynomene virginica... Local names: Sensitive joint-vetch; bastard sensitive plant. < as lemmas |
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