mimosa

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a cocktail made with sparkling wine and orange juice

   They served a mimosa with brunch.

2. 2
   noun

   a tropical plant of the genus Mimosa, often with sensitive compound leaves and small rounded flowers

   The mimosa folded its leaves when the child touched them.

3. 3
   noun

   any of several trees commonly called mimosa, especially species of Acacia or Albizia with feathery leaves and showy flowers

   A flowering mimosa shaded the edge of the garden.

The plant name is New Latin Mimosa, from Latin mimus, 'mime or actor,' referring to the sensitive plant's seemingly imitative movement when touched. The orange cocktail, named in the twentieth century, takes its name from the yellow flowers commonly called mimosa.

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