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
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humble plant::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | action plant, live-and-die, mimosa pudica, sensitive plant, shame plant, touch-me-not |
| Type of | mimosa |
Examples of humble plant
humble plant
From Jan. 30-March 27, the humble plant is celebrated in a festival that includes music, art, dining and, of course, wine.
From the dailyherald.com
Every winter, the humble plant is celebrated in a festival that includes music, art, dining and, of course, wine.
From the ocregister.com
The humble hop, the plant that gives beer its distinctive flavour, is the main problem.
From the economist.com
For despite our apparent sophistication, we find we have fewer genes than plants such as the humble rice plant.
From the newscientist.com
This humble root is a veritable elixr in plant form.
From the smh.com.au
Four years later, CAGE built a humble almond hulling and shelling plant on C Street in the capital, ground zero for Blue Diamond facilities that now sprawl over 90 acres.
From the orlandosentinel.com
A funeral service was held yesterday for department chairman Gopi Podila, recalled as a world-class plant molecular biologist with a humble manner.
From the boston.com
Above this things were very bleak indeed but one plant was still flowering in abundance and that was the humble daisy.
From the kidderminstershuttle.co.uk
If Leopardi praises the broom-plant on its arid slopes, that is because the humble weed possesses a cosmic modesty that we humans lack.
From the online.wsj.com
