Mimosa sensitiva

Thesaurus

Noun

1.Mimosa sensitiva - semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touchsensitive plantgenus Mimosa - genus of spiny woody shrubs or trees; named for their apparent imitation of animal sensitivity to light and heat and movementmimosa - any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves