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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

tel′egraph plant′,

Plant Biologya tick trefoil, Desmodium motorium, of the legume family, native to tropical Asia, noted for the spontaneous, jerking, signallike motions of its leaflets.

1880–85

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telegraph plant

a small tropical Asian leguminous shrub, Desmodium gyrans, having small leaflets that turn in various directions during the day and droop at night

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