mimosa
nounHow to pronounce mimosa:
Definition of mimosa:
- mimosa (noun):
- any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves.
- 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
Synonyms for mimosa:
acacia dealbata
buck's fizz
bush
genus mimosa
humble plant
live-and-die
mimosa pudica
mimosa sensitiva
sensitive plant
shame plant
shrub
silver wattle
touch-me-not
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- advisor
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- refuted
- projector
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- avidness
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- rivalry
- resonance
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- julienne
- Abdullah
- restitue
- notably
- leia
- iciest
- dentiform
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- sriracha
- enamel
- unisoil
- submitting
- century
- unkindness
- lackluster
- Anushri
- heroism
- disengage
- tidily
- lenition
- Jacqueline
- osmosis
- Leona
- lavishly
- excluding
- sportscaster
- lazier
- Samara
- peddler
- dead man's float
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