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Shock movements of leaves of Sensitive Plant, Mimosa pudica, are

A

thermonasty

B

seismonasty

C

hydrotropism

D

chemonasty

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B
In seismonastic movement, response is made to mechanical shocks such as blows, shaking or pressure. In Mimosa, turuor changes occur in thin walled cells of pulvinus (lower side) and pulvinnules (upper side), causing folding of pinnules, drooping of compound leaves
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