telegraph plant
a tick trefoil, Desmodium motorium, of the legume family, native to tropical Asia, noted for the spontaneous, jerking, signallike motions of its leaflets.
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How to use telegraph plant in a sentence
Portion of stem and leaves of Telegraph-plant (Desmodium gyrans), almost of natural size.
The Elements of Botany | Asa GrayI have found identical antagonistic reactions in the pulsating tissue of Desmodium gyrans, the telegraph plant.
Life Movements in Plants | Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
British Dictionary definitions for telegraph plant
a small tropical Asian leguminous shrub, Desmodium gyrans, having small leaflets that turn in various directions during the day and droop at night
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