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 and often sensitive leaves.
any of various similar or related plants, especially of the genus Acacia, as the silver wattle, or Albizzia, as the silk tree.
a cocktail of orange juice and champagne, usually in equal parts.
Origin of mimosa
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How to use mimosa in a sentence
The thing she misses most from the outside world is mimosas (the moment I knew it was love).
In New York, the eggs are plentiful, the mimosas and Bloody Marys free-flowing, and the gossip essential.
They had dropped seeds on the ground, I suppose, for under them were tiny little mimosas, not trees but scrub stuff.
Round the Wonderful World | G. E. MittonThese branches were clad with the delicate pinnate leaves that characterise the family of the mimosas.
Popular Adventure Tales | Mayne ReidThe shelter was a crude one, of bushes and grass, built against the trunk of one of the great mimosas.
The Rogue Elephant | Elliott Whitney
Here, under a group of spreading mimosas, they saw vague signs of an old camp.
The Rogue Elephant | Elliott WhitneyWhat lay beyond the mimosas was hidden by the rise, toward which they were rapidly approaching.
The Rogue Elephant | Elliott Whitney
British Dictionary definitions for mimosa
/ (mɪˈməʊsə, -zə) /
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
any similar or related tree
Origin of mimosa
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