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Webster 1913 Edition
Mimosa
‖
Mi-mo′sa
(?; 277)
, Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] imitator. Cf.
Mime
.] (Bot.)
A genus of leguminous plants, containing many species, and including the sensitive plants (
Mimosa sensitiva
, and Mimosa pudica
). ☞ The term
mimosa
is also applied in commerce to several kinds bark imported from Australia, and used in tanning; – called also wattle bark
. Tomlinson.