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Depudicate
Depudicate De*pu"di*cate, v. t. [L. depudicatus, p. p. of
depudicare.]
To deflour; to dishonor. [Obs.]
M pudicaMimosa Mi*mo"sa (?; 277), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? imitator. Cf.
Mime.] (Bot.)
A genus of leguminous plants, containing many species, and
including the sensitive plants (Mimosa sensitiva, and M.
pudica).
Note: The term mimosa is also applied in commerce to several
kinds bark imported from Australia, and used in
tanning; -- called also wattle bark. --Tomlinson. Mimosa pudicaSensitive Sen"si*tive, a. [F. sensitif. See Sense.]
1. Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the
capacity of receiving impressions from external objects;
as, a sensitive soul.
2. Having quick and acute sensibility, either to the action
of external objects, or to impressions upon the mind and
feelings; highly susceptible; easily and acutely affected.
She was too sensitive to abuse and calumny.
--Macaulay.
3.
(a) (Mech.) Having a capacity of being easily affected or
moved; as, a sensitive thermometer; sensitive scales.
(b) (Chem. & Photog.) Readily affected or changed by
certain appropriate agents; as, silver chloride or
bromide, when in contact with certain organic
substances, is extremely sensitive to actinic rays.
4. Serving to affect the sense; sensible. [R.]
A sensitive love of some sensitive objects.
--Hammond.
5. Of or pertaining to sensation; depending on sensation; as,
sensitive motions; sensitive muscular motions excited by
irritation. --E. Darwin.
Sensitive fern (Bot.), an American fern (Onoclea
sensibilis), the leaves of which, when plucked, show a
slight tendency to fold together.
Sensitive flame (Physics), a gas flame so arranged that
under a suitable adjustment of pressure it is exceedingly
sensitive to sounds, being caused to roar, flare, or
become suddenly shortened or extinguished, by slight
sounds of the proper pitch.
Sensitive joint vetch (Bot.), an annual leguminous herb
([AE]schynomene hispida), with sensitive foliage.
Sensitive paper, paper prepared for photographic purpose by
being rendered sensitive to the effect of light.
Sensitive plant. (Bot.)
(a) A leguminous plant (Mimosa pudica, or M.
sensitiva, and other allied species), the leaves of
which close at the slightest touch.
(b) Any plant showing motions after irritation, as the
sensitive brier (Schrankia) of the Southern States,
two common American species of Cassia (C. nictitans,
and C. Cham[ae]crista), a kind of sorrel (Oxalis
sensitiva), etc. Pudical
Pudical Pu"dic*al, a. (Anat.)
Pudic.
Meaning of Pudica from wikipedia
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Mimosa pudica (also
called sensitive plant,
sleepy plant,[citation needed]
action plant,
humble plant, touch-me-not, touch-and-die, or shameplant) is a...
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Plumeria pudica is a
species of the
genus Plumeria (Apocynaceae),
native to Panama,
Colombia and Venezuela. This
profuse bloomer has
leaves in the shape...
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pudica may
refer to:
Alstroemeria pudica, a
plant species in the
genus Alstroemeria Aorangia pudica, a
spider species in the
genus Aorangia Pudica This...
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Coburgia pudica (Ker Gawl.) Herb.
Coburgia rosea (Lam.)
Gouws Imhofia rosea (Lam.) Salisb.
Leopoldia belladonna (L.) M.Roem.
Zephyranthes pudica (Ker Gawl...
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Esper in 1784.
Cymbalophora pudica ab.
cohaerens Schultz, 1905
Cymbalophora pudica ab.
flaveola Schultz, 1906
Cymbalophora pudica ab.
flavescens Oberthür...
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pudica may
refer to:
Maxillaria pudica, an
orchid species in the
genus Maxillaria Mimosa pudica, a herb
species Mnesarete pudica, a
damselfly species...
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conscious life'. Two
species in the
genus are
especially notable. One is
Mimosa pudica,
commonly known as touch-me-not,
which folds its
leaves when
touched or...
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Roman copies survive of this
influential work of art.
Variants of the
Venus Pudica (suggesting an
action to
cover the ****) are the
Venus de'
Medici and...
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Nepenthes pudica is a
tropical pitcher plant known from a
handful of
localities in the
Mentarang Hulu
district of
North Kalimantan, Borneo,
where it occurs...
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Cosmosoma pudica is a moth of the
subfamily Arctiinae. It was
described by
Herbert Druce in 1894. It is
found in
Costa Rica. Savela,
Markku (July 26, 2019)...
