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 Definitions of mimosa  [ɪˈmoʊ sə, -zə]  

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Definition of 'mimosa' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) mimosa
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.

2.  mimosa
any of various similar or related plants, as the silk tree.

3.  mimosa
a cocktail of orange juice and champagne.

Etymology:  (1745–55; < NL (1619) = L mīm(us)mime+-ōsa, fem. of -ōsus -ose1)

Definition of 'mimosa' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) silver wattle, mimosa, Acacia dealbata
evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers

2. (noun) mimosa
any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves

3. (noun) mimosa, buck's fizz
a mixed drink containing champagne and orange juice


Definition of 'mimosa' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) mimosa
a genus of leguminous plants, containing many species, and including the sensitive plants (Mimosa sensitiva, and M. pudica)


Definition of 'mimosa' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  mimosa
A plant genus of the family FABACEAE that contains kukulkanin, a CHALCONE.


Translation of 'mimosa' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a plant with small flowers and fern-like leaves which close when touched (also called sensitive plant).

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: mimosa Arabic flag Arabic: ميموزا، السِّت المِسْتحِي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: мимоза
Brazilian flag Brazilian: mimosa Czech flag Czech: mimóza German flag German: die Mimose
Danish flag Danish: mimose Greek flag Greek: μιμόζα (είδος φυτού) Spanish flag Spanish: mimosa
Estonian flag Estonian: mimoos Farsi flag Farsi: گیاه حساس Finnish flag Finnish: mimoosa
French flag French: mimosa Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִימוֹזָה Hindi flag Hindi: पौधों का छुई मुई वंश
Croatian flag Croatian: mimoza Hungarian flag Hungarian: mimóza Indonesian flag Indonesian: puteri malu
Icelandic flag Icelandic: mímósa Italian flag Italian: mimosa Japanese flag Japanese: ミモザ
Korean flag Korean: 미모사 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: mimoza Latvian flag Latvian: mimoza
Malay flag Malay: pokok semalu Dutch flag Dutch: mimosa Norwegian flag Norwegian: sanseplante, mimosa(kvist
Polish flag Polish: mimoza Persian flag Persian: گیاه حساس Pashto flag Pashto: يو ډول بوټى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: mimosa Romanian flag Romanian: mimoză Russian flag Russian: мимоза
Slovak flag Slovak: mimóza Slovenian flag Slovenian: mimoza Serbian flag Serbian: mimoza
Swedish flag Swedish: mimosa Thai flag Thai: ต้นไมยราบ Turkish flag Turkish: küstümotu, mimoza
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 含羞草 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: мімоза Urdu flag Urdu: چھوئی موئی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cây mimosa Chinese flag Chinese: 含羞草

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