Mimosa Definition

mĭ-mōsə, -zə
mimosas
noun
mimosas
Any of various mostly tropical plants of the genus Mimosa in the pea family, having globular heads of small flowers with protruding stamens and usually bipinnate, compound leaves often sensitive to touch or light.
American Heritage
Any of various similar plants of the genus Acacia in the pea family, especially silver wattle.
American Heritage
A drink made of champagne and orange juice.
Webster's New World

Acacia.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
adjective
Designating a family (Mimosaceae, order Fabales) of dicotyledonous, leguminous trees and shrubs, including acacia and mesquite.
Webster's New World
pronoun
The star Beta Crucis.
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Other Word Forms of Mimosa

Noun

Singular:
mimosa
Plural:
mimosae, mimosas

Origin of Mimosa

  • New Latin Mīmōsa genus name from Latin mīmus mime (from the plant's apparent mimicry of animal reactions) from Greek mīmos

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From New Latin mimosa, from Latin mimus (“mime")

    From Wiktionary

Mimosa Sentence Examples

  • The mimosa, the dum palm and the date are abundant.

  • Mimosa and the wild wilge-boom (Salix capensis) are the common trees on the banks and rivers, while the weeping willow is frequent round the farmsteads.

  • The banks are usually low, in part forested and inundated at high water, but away from the river the country appears to consist of dry plains covered with mimosa scrub.

  • The midland region is characterized by grass lands (the Natal grasses are long and coarse) and by considerable areas of flat-topped thorn bush mimosa.

  • The middle veld is marked by long low stony ridges, known as rands, and these rands and the kopjes are often covered with scrub, while mimosa trees are found in the river valleys.

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With M6 Letter Words Ending With A