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telegraph plant

Syllabification: (tel·e·graph plant)
Definition of telegraph plant

noun

  • a tropical Asian plant of the pea family whose leaves have a spontaneous jerking motion.
    • Codariocalyx motorius (formerly Desmodium gyrans), family Leguminosae

telegraph plant in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of telegraph plant in the British & World English dictionary