aeschynomene

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

aeschȳnŏmĕnē, ēs, f., = αἰσχυνομένη (ashamed),

a plant which shrinks when touched , a sensitive plant , Mimosa pudica, Linn., Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 167.