Found 2 items, similar to telegraph plant.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: telegraph plant telegraph plant n : erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine [syn: semaphore plant, Codariocalyx motorius , Desmodium motorium, Desmodium gyrans]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Telegraph plant Telegraph plant \Telegraph plant\ (Bot.), A tick trefoil (Meibomia gyrans formerly Desmodium gyrans ), native of the East Indies; it is a leguminous plant whose lateral leaflets jerk up and down like the arms of a semaphore, and also rotate on their axes. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]