HyperDic: genus_mimosa

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Mimosa:
NOUNplantgenus Mimosagenus of spiny woody shrubs or trees
English > genus Mimosa: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of spiny woody shrubs or trees; named for their apparent imitation of animal sensitivity to light and heat and movement.
Member ofMimosoideae, subfamily MimosoideaeAlternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae
MembersmimosaAny of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves
sensitive plant, Mimosa sensitivasemi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch
sensitive plant, touch-me-not, shame plant, live-and-die, humble plant, action plant, Mimosa pudicaprostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia
Broaderrosid dicot genusA genus of dicotyledonous plants
Spanishgenus mimosa
Catalangenus mimosa

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