Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - mimosa
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Mimosa
mimosa
noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin mimus mime Date: circa 1731 1. any of a genus (Mimosa) of trees, shrubs, and herbs of the legume family that occur in tropical and warm regions and have usually bipinnate often prickly leaves and globular heads of small white or pink flowers 2. silk tree 3. a mixed drink consisting of champagne and orange juice
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n. 1 any leguminous shrub of the genus Mimosa, esp. M. pudica, having globular usu. yellow flowers and sensitive leaflets which droop when touched. 2 any of various acacia plants with showy yellow flowers. Etymology: mod.L, app. f. L (as MIME, from being as sensitive as animals) + -osa fem. suffix ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- Mod.L. genus name coined 1731 from L. mimus "mime" + -osa, adj. suffix (fem. of -osus); so called because some species (including the common Sensitive Plant) fold leaves when touched, seeming to mimic animal behavior. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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