noun
erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine
• Syn: ↑telegraph plant, ↑semaphore plant, ↑Desmodium motorium, ↑Desmodium gyrans
• Member Holonyms: ↑Codariocalyx, ↑genus Codariocalyx
Useful english dictionary. 2012.