| Mimosa pudica | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. action plant, humble plant, live-and-die, mimosa pudica, sensitive plant, shame plant, touch-me-not | prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled. |
| ~ genus mimosa | genus of spiny woody shrubs or trees; named for their apparent imitation of animal sensitivity to light and heat and movement. |
| ~ mimosa | any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves. |
| pout | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. moue, pout, wry face | a disdainful grimace. |
| ~ grimace, face | a contorted facial expression.; "she made a grimace at the prospect" |
| n. (animal) | 2. eelpout, pout | marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas. |
| ~ blennioid, blennioid fish | elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins. |
| ~ family zoarcidae, zoarcidae | eelpouts. |
| ~ viviparous eelpout, zoarces viviparus | an eelpout of northern Europe that is viviparous. |
| ~ fish doctor, gymnelis viridis | brightly colored scaleless Arctic eelpout. |
| ~ macrozoarces americanus, ocean pout | common along northeastern coast of North America. |
| n. (animal) | 3. ameiurus melas, horned pout, hornpout, pout | catfish common in eastern United States. |
| ~ bullhead catfish, bullhead | any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States. |
| v. (stative) | 4. brood, pout, sulk | be in a huff and display one's displeasure.; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted" |
| ~ resent | feel bitter or indignant about.; "She resents being paid less than her co-workers" |
| ~ grizzle, stew, brood | be in a huff; be silent or sullen. |
| v. (body) | 5. mop, mow, pout | make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip.; "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted" |
| ~ grimace, make a face, pull a face | contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state.; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do" |
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