Meaning of SHAME PLANT

WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft gray-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
	Synonyms:		action plant, humble plant, live-and-die, Mimosa pudica, sensitive plant, touch-me-not
	See Also:		genus Mimosa, mimosa