Noah Webster
Sensitive-plant
SENS'ITIVE-PLANT, noun A plant of the genus Mimosa [mimic, ] so called from the sensibility of its leaves and footstalks, which shrink, contract and fall on being slightly touched.
SENS'ITIVE-PLANT, noun A plant of the genus Mimosa [mimic, ] so called from the sensibility of its leaves and footstalks, which shrink, contract and fall on being slightly touched.