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Telegraph plant
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What's The Definition Of Telegraph plant?
[n] erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine
Synonyms | Synonyms for Telegraph plant: Codariocalyx motorius | Desmodium gyrans | Desmodium motorium | semaphore plant Related Terms | Find terms related to Telegraph plant: See Also | bush | Codariocalyx | genus Codariocalyx | shrub Telegraph plant In Webster's Dictionary \Telegraph plant\
An East Indian tick trefoil (Meibomia gyrans), whose lateral
leaflets jerk up and down like the arms of a semaphore, and
also rotate on their axes.
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