genus mimosa
English Thesaurus
1. genus of spiny woody shrubs or trees; named for their apparent imitation of animal sensitivity to light and heat and movement (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | rosid dicot genus, |
| definition | : | a genus of dicotyledonous plants (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | mimosa, |
| definition | : | any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | mimosa sensitiva, sensitive plant, |
| definition | : | semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | action plant, humble plant, live-and-die, mimosa pudica, sensitive plant, shame plant, touch-me-not, |
| definition | : | prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | mimosoideae, subfamily mimosoideae, |
| definition | : | alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae (noun.plant) |
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