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sensitive plant in American English
a tropical American plant (Mimosa pudica) of the mimosa family, with a spiny stem, minute, purplish flowers in spherical clusters, and leaflets that fold and leafstalks that droop at the slightest touch
noun: a tropical American plant, Mimosa pudica, cultivated in greenhouses, having bipinnate leaves whose leaflets fold together when touched

sensitive plant in British English
noun: a tropical American mimosa plant, Mimosa pudica, the leaflets and stems of which fold if touched

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