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sensitive plant
noun
- Also called humble plant. a tropical American plant, Mimosa pudica, cultivated in greenhouses, having bipinnate leaves whose leaflets fold together when touched.
- any of various other plants that are sensitive to touch.
sensitive plant
noun
- a tropical American mimosa plant, Mimosa pudica, the leaflets and stems of which fold if touched
- any similar plant, such as the leguminous plant Cassia nictitans of E North America
- informal.a person who is easily upset
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sensitive plant1
First recorded in 1650–60
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Example Sentences
There is supposed to be a kind of flower, like a sensitive plant, that can be put to sleep by the playing of a very delicate tune.
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At times he sprinkled his sensitive plant with some simple arithmetic; again he lectured on the earth, the moon, and the stars.
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My love is a sensitive plant and would shrink up at every look.'
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I have steamed the other plants, and made the sensitive plant very sensitive, and shall soon try some experiments on it.
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One of the most curious things in vegetation which strikes our English eyes is the extraordinary abundance of the sensitive plant.
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