moving plant

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Moving \Mov"ing\, a.
   1. Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a
      moving car, or power.
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   2. Exciting movement of the mind or feelings; adapted to move
      the sympathies, passions, or affections; touching;
      pathetic; as, a moving appeal.
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            I sang an old moving story.           --Coleridge.
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   {Moving force} (Mech.), a force that accelerates, retards, or
      deflects the motion of a body.

   {Moving plant} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Desmodium
      gyrans}); -- so called because its leaflets have a
      distinct automatic motion.
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