1. (noun) sensitive plant, touch-me-not, shame plant, live-and-die, humble plant, action plant, Mimosa pudica
prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
Synonyms: lady's earrings, touch-me-not, action plant, exploding cucumber, squirting cucumber, live-and-die, sensitive plant, humble plant, jewelweed, celandine, orange balsam, shame plant
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