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telegraph plant

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  1. 1. n. erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine Source: wordnet
  2. 2. An East Indian tick trefoil (Meibomia gyrans), whose lateral leaflets jerk up and down like the arms of a semaphore, and also rotate on their axes. Source: webster
  3. 3. An East Indian tick trefoil (Meibomia gyrans), whose lateralleaflets jerk up and down like the arms of a semaphore, and alsorotate on their axes. Source: adambom

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