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English noun: genus Mimosa

1. genus Mimosa (plant) genus of spiny woody shrubs or trees; named for their apparent imitation of animal sensitivity to light and heat and movement


Broader (hypernym)rosid dicot genus


Member holonymaction plant, humble plant, live-and-die, mimosa, Mimosa pudica, Mimosa sensitiva, sensitive plant, sensitive plant, shame plant, touch-me-not


Member meronymMimosoideae, subfamily Mimosoideae









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