shame plant

Noun

1.

shame plant - 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 Synonyms: action plant, humble plant, live-and-die, Mimosa pudica, sensitive plant, touch-me-not

action plant, genus Mimosa, humble plant, live-and-die, mimosa, Mimosa pudica, sensitive plant, touch-me-not