noun
1. 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
• Syn: ↑sensitive plant, ↑shame plant, ↑live-and-die, ↑humble plant, ↑action plant, ↑Mimosa pudica
• Hypernyms: ↑mimosa
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Mimosa
2. North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil
• Syn: ↑jewelweed, ↑lady's earrings, ↑orange balsam, ↑celandine, ↑Impatiens capensis
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Impatiens
3. Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched
• Syn: ↑squirting cucumber, ↑exploding cucumber, ↑Ecballium elaterium
• Hypernyms: ↑gourd, ↑gourd vine
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ecballium, ↑genus Ecballium
Useful english dictionary. 2012.