sensitive plant

English - Turkish

Definition of sensitive plant in English Turkish dictionary

küstümotu

bot. küstümotu

mimoza

küskün

küseğen

English - English

Definition of sensitive plant in English English dictionary

Either of two plants in the pea family (see legume) that close up their leaves and droop when touched. This unusually quick response is due to rapid water release from specialized cells at the bases of leaftsalks. The more common plant is Mimosa pudica (see mimosa). Spiny and shrubby, with fernlike leaves and small, globular, mauve flower puffs, it grows about 1 ft (30 cm) high as a widespread tropical weed and a greenhouse curiosity. Wild sensitive plant (Cassia nictitans) is less sensitive to touch; a larger plant, 20 in. (50 cm) high, it is native to the eastern U.S. and the West Indies

semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft gray-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled

Related Terms

sensitiveplant

{n} mimosa, a plant which shrinks at the touch

Hyphenation

sen·si·tive plant

Turkish pronunciation

sensıtîv plänt

Pronunciation

/ˈsensətəv ˈplant/ /ˈsɛnsətɪv ˈplænt/