In the last line of Crashaw's epigram the reading in Poemata Anglorum Latina is 'Vidit et erubuit nympha pudica Deum.
The cotyledons of some individuals of Mimosa pudica and of Lotus Jacobaeus moved only once up and down in 24 h.
The cotyledons of 6 seedlings of Mimosa pudica were fastened open on cork and were thus exposed for 1 h.
Hence it appears, as far as these few trials tell anything, that the vertical position at night of the cotyledons of Mimosa pudica protects them to a certain degree from the evil effects of radiation and cold.
We have seen that a leaf of Mimosa pudica continued to move in the ordinary manner, though somewhat more simply, until it withered and died.
When Mimosa pudica and albida have been kept at a sufficiently high temperature during the day, the cotyledons come into close contact at night; otherwise they merely rise up almost vertically.
Secondly, according to Ramey**, the cotyledons of Mimosa pudica and of Clianthus Dampieri rise up almost vertically at night and approach each other closely.
Twice has Pudica been a bride, and led By holy Hymen to the nuptial bed.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pudica" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
