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mimosa
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mimosa has 3 senses
- mimosa(n = noun.plant) acacia dealbata, silver wattle - evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers; Array is a member of genus acacia
- mimosa(n = noun.plant) Array - any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves; Array is a member of genus mimosa
- mimosa(n = noun.food) buck's fizz - a mixed drink containing champagne and orange juice; Array is a kind of mixed drink
is a kind of wattle
has particulars: mimosa sensitiva, sensitive plant, action plant, humble plant, live-and-die, mimosa pudica, sensitive plant, shame plant, touch-me-not
is a kind of bush, shrub
CIDE DICTIONARY
mimosa, n. [NL., fr. Gr. imitator. Cf. Mime.].
A genus of leguminous plants, containing many species, and including the sensitive plants (Mimosa sensitiva , and Mimosa pudica ). [1913 Webster]
" The term mimosa is also applied in commerce to several kinds bark imported from Australia, and used in tanning; -- called also wattle bark ." Tomlinson.
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mimosa, n.
1 any leguminous shrub of the genus Mimosa, esp. M. pudica, having globular usu. yellow flowers and sensitive leaflets which droop when touched.
2 any of various acacia plants with showy yellow flowers.
1 any leguminous shrub of the genus Mimosa, esp. M. pudica, having globular usu. yellow flowers and sensitive leaflets which droop when touched.
2 any of various acacia plants with showy yellow flowers.
Etymology
mod.L, app. f. L (as MIME, from being as sensitive as animals) + -osa fem. suffix
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