单词 | telegraph plant |
释义 | telegraph plantnouna tick trefoil, Desmodium motorium, of the legume family, native to tropical Asia, noted for the spontaneous, jerking, signallike motions of its leaflets. Origin of telegraph plantFirst recorded in 1880–85 Words nearby telegraph planttelegraph, telegraph buoy, telegraphese, telegraphic, telegraphone, telegraph plant, telegraphy, Telegu, telehealth, telekinesis, Telemachus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for telegraph plant
British Dictionary definitions for telegraph planttelegraph plant nouna small tropical Asian leguminous shrub, Desmodium gyrans, having small leaflets that turn in various directions during the day and droop at night Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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