genus mimosa

1. Genus of spiny woody shrubs or trees;
   Named for their apparent imitation of animal sensitivity to light and heat and movement (synset 111775102)
   is a type of: rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
   member holonym:

   • mimosa - any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves
   • mimosa sensitiva, sensitive plant - semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch
   • action plant, humble plant, live-and-die, mimosa pudica, sensitive plant, shame plant, touch-me-not - 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
   belongs to: mimosoideae, subfamily mimosoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae

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