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Definition of Semaphore plant

1. Noun. Erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Semaphore Plant

Literary usage of Semaphore plant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Universe: Or, The Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little by Félix-Archimède Pouchet (1884)
"... that it is not necessary for the performance of this act that they should possess fibres analogous to our muscles, and that the 193. semaphore plant— ..."

2. My Garden: Its Plan and Culture Together with a General Description of Its by Alfred Smee (1872)
"One of the curiosities of the vegetal kingdom is the semaphore plant, ... 1 ^ T i 11 r ti i f'G- 547-—semaphore plant. from the Botanical Society. ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Also moving- plant and semaphore-plant. telegraph-pole (tel'ë-gràf-pol), я. One of a senes of poles or posts for supporting an elevated telegraph-line. ..."

4. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"Telegraph plant, semaphore plant, Moving plant. Remarkable for active spontaneous movements of the leaflets. ..."

5. A Manual of Indian Timbers: An Account of the Growth, Distribution, and Uses by James Sykes Gamble (1902)
"... in S. India and Ceylon, with small sensitive rotating lateral leaflets, which cause it to be known яв the " Telegraph plant" or " semaphore plant. ..."

6. The Scientific Basis of Morality by George Gore (1899)
"... expand from the size of a button to about four inches diameter, and temporarily evolve a strong odour of vanilla (ibid., p. 331). The semaphore plant ..."

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