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sensitive plant

sen·si·tive plant
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sen-si-tiv plant, plahnt]
    • /ˈsɛn sɪ tɪv plænt, plɑnt/
    • /ˈsensətɪv plɑːnt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sen-si-tiv plant, plahnt]
    • /ˈsɛn sɪ tɪv plænt, plɑnt/

Definitions of sensitive plant words

  • noun sensitive plant Also called humble plant. a tropical American plant, Mimosa pudica, cultivated in greenhouses, having bipinnate leaves whose leaflets fold together when touched. 1
  • noun sensitive plant any of various other plants that are sensitive to touch. 1
  • noun sensitive plant a tropical American mimosa plant, Mimosa pudica, the leaflets and stems of which fold if touched 0
  • noun sensitive plant any similar plant, such as the leguminous plant Cassia nictitans of E North America 0
  • noun sensitive plant a person who is easily upset 0
  • noun sensitive plant a tropical American plant (Mimosa pudica) of the mimosa family, with a spiny stem, minute, purplish flowers in spherical clusters, and leaflets that fold and leafstalks that droop at the slightest touch 0
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Origin of sensitive plant

First appearance:

before 1650
One of the 45% oldest English words
First recorded in 1650-60

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Parts of speech for Sensitive plant

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Sensitive plant

sensitive plant popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 70% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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