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Definitions for Mimosa
[1] any of numerous plants, shrubs, or trees belonging to the genus Mimosa, of the legume family, native to tropical or warm regions, having small flowers in globular heads or cylindrical spikes and often sensitive leaves.
[2] any of various similar or related plants, especially of the genus Acacia, as the silver wattle, or Albizzia, as the silk tree.
[3] a cocktail of orange juice and champagne, usually in equal parts.
[4] any tropical shrub or tree of the leguminous genus Mimosa, having ball-like clusters of yellow or pink flowers and compound leaves that are often sensitive to touch or light See also sensitive plant
[5] any similar or related tree
Words nearby Mimosa
mimicry, mimine, miminy-piminy, mimir, mimo, mimosa, mimosaceous, mimosis, mims, mimsy, mimulus
Origin of Mimosa
1695–1705; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin mīm(us ) mime + -ōsa, feminine of -ōsus -ose1
Word origin for Mimosa
C18: from New Latin, probably from Latin mīmus mime , because the plant's sensitivity to touch imitates the similar reaction of animals