Plants communicate distress using their own kind of nervous system: Model mustard plant uses the same signals as animals to relay distress
https://www.science.org/content/article/plants-communicate-d...
https://www.science.org/content/article/plants-communicate-d...
There’s a difference between a creature’s higher level response to a stimulus and just stuff that happens as a direct physical consequence of the stimulus.
It’s the same deal as boiling live lobsters. They aren’t actually screaming, even if you would be. That’s steam escaping. What the plant sound actually is, no clue. But I think the lobster scenario is what was being suggested upthread.