[ noun ] (botany) Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched

[ noun ] (botany) North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil

[ noun ] (botany) prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft gray-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled