mimosa
nounAny 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.
nounAny of various similar plants of the genus Acacia in the pea family, especially silver wattle.
nounA drink consisting of champagne and orange juice.
nounSame as
A large genus of leguminous plants of the suborder Mimoseæ and the tribe Eumimoseæ, characterized by a legume with entire or jointed valves which break away from a narrow persistent placenta.
noun[lowercase] A plant of this genus.
nounA genus of leguminous plants, containing many species, and including the sensitive plants (
A
Silk tree or the pink siris.