live-and-die meaning

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live-and-die (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.

Definition of live-and-die

  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

    Synonyms: sensitive plant, touch-me-not, shame plant, humble plant, action plant, Mimosa pudica

    Type of: mimosa

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