Live-and-die

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  live-and-die
       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 [syn: {sensitive plant},
           {touch-me-not}, {shame plant}, {humble plant}, {action


           plant}, {Mimosa pudica}]