Mimosa

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

mimosa
n. a scientific name applied to upwardsof two hundred trees of various genera in the Old World. The...

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prickly mimosa
n. See mimosa and moses, prickly, under moses. 1835. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 6: Acacia v...

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