name
Meaning 1
The star Beta Crucis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
mimosa
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /mɪˈməʊ.sə/
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UK: /mɪˈməʊ.zə/
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US: /mɪˈmoʊ.sə/
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CMU ARPABET: M IH0 M OW1 S AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
Names of towns:
A locality in the Temora council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
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name
Meaning 3
Names of towns:
A rural locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.
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name
Meaning 4
Names of towns:
An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States.
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name
Meaning 5
Names of towns:
A former hamlet in Erin township, Wellington County, Ontario.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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name
Meaning 6
A mine in Zvishavane district, Midlands province, Zimbabwe: the Mimosa mine.
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noun
Meaning 7
A plant belonging to the genus Mimosa usually found in tropical climates, their leaves are usually prickly and sensitive to touch or light, and have small white or pink flowers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 8
Certain plants of the genus Albizia (silk tree, pink siris).
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noun
Meaning 9
Certain plants of the genus Acacia.
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noun
Meaning 10
A cocktail consisting of half champagne and half orange juice.
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noun
Meaning 11
a mixed drink containing champagne and orange juice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: buck's fizz
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Broader terms: mixed drink
noun
Meaning 12
any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shrub, bush
Narrower terms: sensitive plant, Mimosa sensitiva, touch-me-not, shame plant, live-and-die, humble plant, action plant, Mimosa pudica
noun
Meaning 13
evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: silver wattle, Acacia dealbata
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Broader terms: wattle
History
Etymology
Variously from the beverage mimosa and plants of the genus Mimosa. The etymology of the Ontario location is uncertain.
From New Latin mimosa, from Latin mimus (“mime, actor”), referring to Mimosa pudica and its habit of shrinking back when touched. The cocktail is named after the bright yellow, fragrant flowers of the mimosa Acacia dealbata.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: мимоза (mimoza) — plant belonging to the genus Mimosa
- Czech: mimóza — plant belonging to the genus Mimosa
- Czech: citlivka — plant belonging to the genus Mimosa
- Dutch: mimosa — plant belonging to the genus Mimosa
- Finnish: mimoosa — plant belonging to the genus Mimosa
- German: Mimose — plant belonging to the genus Mimosa
- Greek: μιμόζα (mimóza) — plant belonging to the genus Mimosa
- Hungarian: mimóza — plant belonging to the genus Mimosa
- Indonesian: mimosa — plant belonging to the genus Mimosa
- Irish: míomós — plant belonging to the genus Mimosa
- Italian: mimosa — plant belonging to the genus Mimosa
- Kazakh: мимоза (mimoza) — plant belonging to the genus Mimosa
- Piedmontese: mimosa — plant belonging to the genus Mimosa
- Polish: mimoza — plant belonging to the genus Mimosa
- Portuguese: mimosa — plant belonging to the genus Mimosa
- Romanian: mimoză — plant belonging to the genus Mimosa
- Russian: мимо́за (mimóza) — plant belonging to the genus Mimosa
- Sinhalese: නිදිකුම්බා (nidikumbā) — plant belonging to the genus Mimosa
- Spanish: mimosa — plant belonging to the genus Mimosa
- Turkish: mimoza — plant belonging to the genus Mimosa
- Hebrew: מִימוֹזָה (mimóza) — cocktail