| NOUN | plant | genus Mimosa | genus of spiny woody shrubs or trees |
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| Meaning | genus of spiny woody shrubs or trees; named for their apparent imitation of animal sensitivity to light and heat and movement. | |
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| Member of | Mimosoideae, subfamily Mimosoideae | Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae |
| Members | mimosa | Any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves |
| sensitive plant, Mimosa sensitiva | semi-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 pudica | prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia | |
| Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
| Spanish | genus mimosa | |
| Catalan | genus mimosa | |
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