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M sensitiva
Sensitive 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.
Mimosa sensitiva
Mimosa 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.
Oxalis sensitiva
Sensitive 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.

Meaning of Sensitiva from wikipedia

- (1998) nom.nud. Dionaea muscicapa St.Hil. (1824) sphalm.typogr. Dionaea sensitiva Salisb. (1796) Dionaea sessiliflora (Raf.) Steud. (1840) Dionaea uniflora...
- Mimosa pudica (also called sensitive plant, sleepy plant,[citation needed] action plant, humble plant, touch-me-not, touch-and-die, or shameplant) is a...
- (1894) Neomimosa Britton & Rose (1928) Pteromimosa Britton (1928) Schranckiastrum H****l. (1919) Schrankia Willd. (1806), nom. cons. Sensitiva Raf. (1838)...
- Species: B. sensitivum Binomial name Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC. Synonyms Oxalis sensitiva L. Oxalis ****ingiana Turcz. Biophytum ****ingii Klotzsch...
- Macbr. C****ia ornithopodioides Steud. C****ia ornithopoides Lam. C****ia sensitiva Jacq. C****ia sericea Sw. C****ia uniflora Mill. Diallobus subuniflorus...
- (Howell) P.V.Wells Arctostaphylos rudis Jeps. & Wiesl. Arctostaphylos sensitiva Jeps. Arctostaphylos silvicola Jeps. & Wiesl. Arctostaphylos stanfordiana...
- Ericales Family: Ericaceae Genus: Arctostaphylos Species: A. nummularia Binomial name Arctostaphylos nummularia Gray Synonyms Arctostaphylos sensitiva...
- Liriche (1913), for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (Notte, Nebbie, Pioggia) La Sensitiva (The Sensitive Plant, text by S****ey) (1914), for mezzo-soprano and orchestra...
- Lebrão Paola Carosella SAFE Organzza Maria Bethânia SAFE Shannon Skarllet Inês Brasil SAFE Naza Márcia Sensitiva [pt] BTM Rubi Ocean Marília Gabriela ELIM...
- Amorpha pubescens Schltdl. (1851) Amorpha pumila Schltdl. (1848) Amorpha sensitiva Voss (1894) Amorpha tenesseensis Shuttlew. (1848) Amorpha verrucosa Raf...