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Mimosa pudica, action plant, humble plant, live-and-die, sensitive plant

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Noun

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

English: sensitive plant, touch-me-not, shame plant, live-and-die, humble plant, action plant, Mimosa pudica

Bahasa: keman, sikejut, simalu, kejut-kejut, puteri malu, putri malu, rebah bangun

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