1. Erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine
   "The telegraph plant's leaves danced in response to the sunlight";
   - semaphore plant, Codariocalyx motorius, Desmodium motorium, Desmodium gyrans

Derived forms: telegraph plants

Type of: bush, shrub

Part of: Codariocalyx, genus Codariocalyx

Encyclopedia: Telegraph plant