mimosan.adj.

Brit.

/mᵻˈməʊzə/,

/mᵻˈməʊsə/, U.S.

/məˈmoʊsə/,

/məˈmoʊzə/

Forms: Plural 1700s mimosae, 1800s– mimosas.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mimosa.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin mimosa (in herba mimosa (1593) < herba herb n. + mimosa , feminine of mimosus ( < classical Latin mīmus mime n.¹ + -ōsus -ose suffix¹)), after Spanish yerva mimosa (Acosta, 1578). The name alludes to the movements of the leaves (‘mimicking’ animal life) shown by many plants of this type (see sensitive plant n. 1b). Compare French Herbe Mimosa, Herbe Mimose (A. Colin Hist. des Drogues (1602) 488).Post-classical Latin herba mimosa is attested earlier in English contexts, as is the analogous mimosa planta:1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) App. 1599 This which I here call the sensitiue herbe is..Herba mimosa, or the Mocking herbe.1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια 418 Sensitive-herbe, Herba mimosa.1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Mimosæ Plantæ, the same with Sensative.1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Herb Mimick, or Mocking Herb, is Herba Mimosa, Herba Viva, Herba Sensitiva.

A. n.

a. Any of numerous, often thorny, shrubs, small trees, lianas, etc., of the genus Mimosa (family Mimosaceae ( Leguminosae)), chiefly native to tropical and subtropical America, which have bipinnate, often sensitive, leaves and small, regular white, pink, or lilac flowers in axillary heads or spikes; esp. the sensitive plant, M. pudica. Also (in form Mimosa): the genus itself.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) I. 516.The genus Mimosa, while still very large, has been much reduced by the separation of Acacia and other genera of the family Mimosaceae ( Leguminosae).

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > mimosa or sensitive plant

sensitive plant1640

shrinking shrub1640

humble plant1664

sensitive1707

touch-me-not1728

mimosa1731

inga tree1756

soldier-wood1823

inga1838

soldier-plant1864

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > mimosa or sensitive plant > genus

mimosa1731

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I Mimosa, the Sensitive Plant.

1751 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. II. 474 The legume of the Mimosa is articulated, and the leaves are sensitive.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The species of Mimosa, enumerated by Mr. Tournefort, are these: 1. The common sensitive shrub. 2. The prickly and more sensitive Mimosa... 5. The prickly Pernambuco Mimosa.

1777 Ann. Reg. 1775 (ed. 2) Nat. Hist. 93/1 The Mimosæ, or sensitive plants, close their leaves.

1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline ii. ii. 42 At the tramp of a horse's hoof on the turf of the prairies, Far in advance are closed the leaves of the shrinking mimosa.

1904 F. W. Oliver et al. tr. A. Kerner von Marilaun Nat. Hist. Plants (rev. ed.) I. 338 In consequence of alterations in turgidity of the pulvini, the pinnate leaflets of the Gleditschias and some Mimosas rise up after sunset, while those of the Amorphas fall down.

1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) I. 9/1 Acacia differs from Albizzia by the stamens being free..and from Mimosa by the indefinite number of stamens.

1988 E. J. H. Corner Wayside Trees of Malaya (ed. 3) I. 457 Three American species of Mimosa have been introduced to Malaya... The third is the white flowered giant Mimosa, M. sepiaria, the leaves of which are not sensitive.

b. Any plant of other genera of the family Mimosaceae ( Leguminosae), esp. the genus Acacia. In later use also (colloquial): the bright yellow fragrant blossom of any of several early-flowering Australian acacias cultivated for ornament in other warm countries; esp. the silver wattle, Acacia dealbata, and the Sydney golden wattle, A. longifolia; any of these ornamental acacias. Also (U.S. colloquial): the silk tree, Albizia julibrissin. Also with unmarked plural.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > acacia trees > [noun]

acacia1542

babul1696

marblewood1753

black wattle1802

popinac1809

wattlec1810

wattle-treec1810

giraffe tree1815

haakdoring1822

hookthorn1822

kameeldoorn1822

camel-thorn1824

catechu-tree1829

silver wattle1832

blackthorn1833

thorny acacia1834

boobyalla1835

seyal1844

mulga1848

thorn-wood1850

hackthorn1857

mimosa1857

poison tree1857

Port Jackson1857

talha1857

golden wattle1859

whitethorn acacia1860

buffalo thorn1866

nelia1867

siris1874

cassie1876

couba1878

needlebush1884

sallow wattle1884

sally1884

giddea1885

prickly Moses1887

yarran1888

opopanax tree1889

wait-a-while1889

fever tree1893

giraffe acacia1896

stay-a-while1898

brigalow1901

wirra1904

cootamundra1909

Sydney golden wattle1909

witchetty bush1911

rooikrans1917

jam-tree1934

whistling thorn1949

blackthorn1966

1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. xi. 203 White-thorned mimosa (Acacia horrida).

1862 G. T. Lloyd 33 Years Tasmania iii. 33 The Mimosa or Wattle, which prevails throughout the most fertile lands of Tasmania.

1897 G. B. Sudworth Nomencl. Arborescent Flora U.S. 250 Leucæna pulverulenta... Chalky Lucæna..Common Name. Mimosa.

1903 Westm. Gaz. 3 Mar. 4/1 London streets are being enlivened this spring not only by the welcome presence of abundant daffodils, but with a plentiful supply of mimosa.

1924 L. H. Bailey Man. Cultivated Plants 426 The plants known to the florists as mimosas are acacias (chiefly A. armata).

1927 W. Cather Death comes for Archbishop i. iv. 43 He had..come upon an old woman with a basket of yellow flowers; sprays of yellow sending out a honey-sweet perfume. Mimosa.

1955 V. Nabokov Lolita I. xi. 73 It was glazed over with a sheet of emerald ice,..although imported mimosas and oleanders flowered on its gravelly banks.

1969 T. H. Everest Living Trees of World 186/2 The hardiest Albizzia is the one called mimosa in the southern United States.

1987 K. Rushforth Tree Planting & Managem. (1990) 193/2 It [sc. the silver wattle] bears masses of attractive yellow flowers in spring and is the ‘Mimosa’ of florists.

1993 Tatler July 49/2 Amarige's enchanting fragrance is scented with violets, mimosa, gardenias and the distinctive flowers of ylang-ylang.

c. = mimosa thorn n. at Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1926 J. Burtt Davy Man. Flowering Plants & Ferns Transvaal 346 A. Karroo... Thorn-tree; doringboom; karroo-thorn; soetdoring; mimosa; witdoring... The most widely distributed species in S. Afr.

1933 S. & E. Afr. Year Bk. & Guide 319 Various kinds of acacias predominate [in the scrub and savannah forests of South Africa] and of these the common mimosa Acacia karroo is the most widespread.

2. A yellow colour resembling that of the florist's mimosa (the blossom of Acacia dealbata, etc.).

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [noun] > other yellows

jessamy1728

kamala1820

honey-gold1850

strontian yellow1854

spiraein1868

butter colour1877

honeysuckle1881

mimosa1909

1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Mimosa, same as thiazol yellow.

1966 Harper's Bazaar Sept. 41 Evening dress... In mimosa, toast or turquoise.

1970 Guardian 2 June 7/8 Mimosa, Lettuce Green, Lavender Blue.

1999 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 28 Apr. These great towels come in a choice of 11 fresh spring colours—apricot, azalea, berry, blue, cinnamon, gold, kiwi, mimosa, peacock, vanilla and white.

3. North American. A cocktail consisting of champagne and orange juice.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > drinks made with wine > [noun] > drinks with champagne

champagne cup1830

Bismarck1910

black velvet1926

Buck's Fizz1930

mimosa1936

kir royale1977

1936 F. Meier Artistry of Mixing Drinks 74/2 Mimosa or Champagne Orange. In a large wineglass: a piece of Ice, the juice of one-half Orange; fill with Champagne stir and serve.

1948 D. A. Embury Fine Art of Mixing Drinks xi. 308 Mimosa. Orange juice and champagne, half and half. Just another freak champagne mixture. It's not half bad and the ladies usually like it.

1975 New Yorker 30 June 32/1 People keep arriving, parking their cars along the road, going up the outside stairs to the deck..to drink Mimosas, a combination of orange juice and champagne.

1988 S. Gray How's that for telling 'em, Fat Lady? v. 228 I finally managed to dress and shave, then make it down to the bar, where I quaffed back two mimosas with great rapidity.

B. adj. (attributive).

Of the colour of mimosa (see sense A. 2).

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > other yellows

honey-yellow1615

butter-coloured1629

gamboge1819

honey-gold1849

lily-yellowc1865

apple-yellow1884

goldenrod1905

mimosa1928

1928 A. Christie Myst. of Blue Train viii. 61 The little mimosa suit of crêpe de chine.

1971 R. Busby Deadlock xiii. 201 The immaculate coffee-coloured tussore suit..with a fresh mimosa shirt.

2000 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 15 Feb. Create the perfect space to pamper and preen, and surround yourself with feminine furniture... Mimosa throw, £250..Lilac devore cushion, £18.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

mimosa scrub n.

ΚΠ

1888 Longman's Mag. Sept. 509 A desultory fire—was kep' up from the shelter of the..mimosa scrub, which proved singlarly effective.

1900 A. Conan Doyle Green Flag 4 Thick clumps of mimosa scrub.

1983 P. O'Brian Treason's Harbour vii. 210 Reaching a place called Shuwak, a rocky outcrop with some tamarisk and mimosa scrub less than sixteen miles from Suez.

mimosa shrub n.

ΚΠ

1830 R. Dawson Present State Austral. (1831) v. 202 Gum arabic, which exudes from the mimosa shrubs.

1918 Mind 27 413 Sir James Simpson first narcotized a Mimosa shrub. Verworn has recorded similar experiments and found Mimosa Pudica responsive to electric stimulation.

1997 World & I (Electronic ed.) July 176 A mimosa shrub from Africa has transformed the marshes and wet monsoon forests of northern Australia into dense, almost impenetrable stands of prickly, thorny shrub forests.

mimosa tree n.

ΚΠ

1776 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 290 We encamped under a large mimosa tree.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. vii. 146 The cliffs are..covered with cacti and mimosa-trees.

1898 Argosy Oct. 516 Secreting himself and his beast in a thick ambush of dohn reeds and intertangling mimosa trees, he gave his camel and himself a day's rest.

1995 Afr. Amer. Rev. 29 459 Three boys are trying to climb the mimosa trees flanking the doorway.

mimosa yellow n.

ΚΠ

1910 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 747/1 The following list includes the principal coal-tar colours..mimosa yellow.

1976 Star (Sheffield) 26 Nov. 22/7 (advt.) 1974..Triumph Stag. Mimosa yellow, black interior.

2000 Scotsman 18 Jan. 14/5 Colours are the brilliant tropical or sun-washed Mediterranean shades of the early travel brochures—juicy leaf greens mixed with orchid pink or mimosa yellow.

C2.

mimosa bark n. the bark of an Australian or South African species of Acacia, used in tanning.

ΚΠ

1823 Trans. Soc. Arts 41 App. ii. 291 (heading) Extract of mimosa-bark, for the use of tanners.

1852 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts (1854) II. 130/1 Mimosa, or Wattle-bark, is procured from different species of mimosa, which grow in Australia and New Zealand.

1957 Handbk. Farmers S. Afr. (S. Afr. Dept. Agric.) (new ed.) I. 339 ‘Bergbas’ gives a light yellowish colour to the leather, while mimosa bark gives a dark reddish colour.

1997 Proc. N.Z. Soc. Animal Production 57 126 A Mimosa bark extract..was given to sheep and cattle to provide condensed tannins..at levels which increased growth in lambs.

mimosa bush n. a shrub or small tree of the family Mimosaceae ( Leguminosae); spec. the cassie or popinac, Acacia farnesiana, native to subtropical and tropical America, and naturalized in Australia and elsewhere in the tropics.

ΚΠ

1856 F. Fleming Southern Afr. xii. 264 A broad valley, covered with rich pasturage and dotted with ‘mimosa’ bushes, stretched out over several acres.

1900 R. Kipling in Daily News 16 June 4/5 McManus went for a walk through the mimosa-bushes.

1959 H. G. Lamond Sheep Station 87 A pair of top-knot pigeons had nested in the thorny tangle of a mimosa bush.

1981 J. A. Baines Austral. Plant Genera 15 A[cacia] farnesiana, Mimosa Bush, unique in that it is native in five continents.

mimosa family n. the family Mimosaceae, one of the three separate families into which the Leguminosae are sometimes divided, characterized by small, regular flowers with numerous stamens, usually grouped in globular heads.

ΚΠ

1855 Biblical Repertory 27 614 The ‘red-water’ is a decoction made from the inner bark of a large forest tree of the mimosa family.

1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (ed. 2) 91 Mimoseæ. The Mimosa Family.

1918 W. Cather My Ántonia v. i. 382 At the gate grew two silvery, moth-like trees of the mimosa family.

1989 Encycl. Brit. I. 49/1 Acacia, genus of perhaps 800 species of trees and shrubs of the mimosa family (Mimosaceae), mostly native to warmer regions, particularly Australia (where they are called wattles) and Africa.

mimosa gum n. rare = gum arabic n.

ΚΠ

1890 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon at Mimosa Mimosa gum, same as Acaciae gummi.

1972 M. Sahlins Stone Age Econ. i. 7 Captain Stuart..encountering a group of Aboriginals engaged in large quantities of mimosa gum.

mimosa thorn n. a thorny acacia, Acacia karroo, of southern Africa.

ΚΠ

1844 Littell's Living Age 19 Oct. 674 Other species were..expanding their gay wings on the mimosa thorn, or the drooping leaves of the sugar-cane.

1894 G. H. Portal Mission Uganda 35 Clumps of mimosa thorns.

1999 Independent on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 18 Apr. Palace wasn't a word that fitted the Karoo. It didn't belong with mimosa thorns, goats, ostriches, drought, and sun-scrunched faces.

mimosa thorn bush n. = mimosa thorn n.

ΚΠ

1892 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 21 160 This district gets its name from the fact of its being thickly covered with the umbrella-shaped mimosa thorn bushes.

1898 Daily News 6 Sept. 4/7 They stood behind the thin breastwork of mimosa thorn bushes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	mimosa
释义	mimosan.adj. Brit. /mᵻˈməʊzə/, /mᵻˈməʊsə/, U.S. /məˈmoʊsə/, /məˈmoʊzə/ Forms: Plural 1700s mimosae, 1800s– mimosas. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mimosa. Etymology: < post-classical Latin mimosa (in herba mimosa (1593) < herba herb n. + mimosa , feminine of mimosus ( < classical Latin mīmus mime n.¹ + -ōsus -ose suffix¹)), after Spanish yerva mimosa (Acosta, 1578). The name alludes to the movements of the leaves (‘mimicking’ animal life) shown by many plants of this type (see sensitive plant n. 1b). Compare French Herbe Mimosa, Herbe Mimose (A. Colin Hist. des Drogues (1602) 488).Post-classical Latin herba mimosa is attested earlier in English contexts, as is the analogous mimosa planta:1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) App. 1599 This which I here call the sensitiue herbe is..Herba mimosa, or the Mocking herbe.1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια 418 Sensitive-herbe, Herba mimosa.1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Mimosæ Plantæ, the same with Sensative.1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Herb Mimick, or Mocking Herb, is Herba Mimosa, Herba Viva, Herba Sensitiva. A. n. 1. a. Any of numerous, often thorny, shrubs, small trees, lianas, etc., of the genus Mimosa (family Mimosaceae ( Leguminosae)), chiefly native to tropical and subtropical America, which have bipinnate, often sensitive, leaves and small, regular white, pink, or lilac flowers in axillary heads or spikes; esp. the sensitive plant, M. pudica. Also (in form Mimosa): the genus itself.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) I. 516.The genus Mimosa, while still very large, has been much reduced by the separation of Acacia and other genera of the family Mimosaceae ( Leguminosae). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > mimosa or sensitive plant sensitive plant1640 shrinking shrub1640 humble plant1664 sensitive1707 touch-me-not1728 mimosa1731 inga tree1756 soldier-wood1823 inga1838 soldier-plant1864 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > mimosa or sensitive plant > genus mimosa1731 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I Mimosa, the Sensitive Plant. 1751 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. II. 474 The legume of the Mimosa is articulated, and the leaves are sensitive. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The species of Mimosa, enumerated by Mr. Tournefort, are these: 1. The common sensitive shrub. 2. The prickly and more sensitive Mimosa... 5. The prickly Pernambuco Mimosa. 1777 Ann. Reg. 1775 (ed. 2) Nat. Hist. 93/1 The Mimosæ, or sensitive plants, close their leaves. 1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline ii. ii. 42 At the tramp of a horse's hoof on the turf of the prairies, Far in advance are closed the leaves of the shrinking mimosa. 1904 F. W. Oliver et al. tr. A. Kerner von Marilaun Nat. Hist. Plants (rev. ed.) I. 338 In consequence of alterations in turgidity of the pulvini, the pinnate leaflets of the Gleditschias and some Mimosas rise up after sunset, while those of the Amorphas fall down. 1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) I. 9/1 Acacia differs from Albizzia by the stamens being free..and from Mimosa by the indefinite number of stamens. 1988 E. J. H. Corner Wayside Trees of Malaya (ed. 3) I. 457 Three American species of Mimosa have been introduced to Malaya... The third is the white flowered giant Mimosa, M. sepiaria, the leaves of which are not sensitive. b. Any plant of other genera of the family Mimosaceae ( Leguminosae), esp. the genus Acacia. In later use also (colloquial): the bright yellow fragrant blossom of any of several early-flowering Australian acacias cultivated for ornament in other warm countries; esp. the silver wattle, Acacia dealbata, and the Sydney golden wattle, A. longifolia; any of these ornamental acacias. Also (U.S. colloquial): the silk tree, Albizia julibrissin. Also with unmarked plural. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > acacia trees > [noun] acacia1542 babul1696 marblewood1753 black wattle1802 popinac1809 wattlec1810 wattle-treec1810 giraffe tree1815 haakdoring1822 hookthorn1822 kameeldoorn1822 camel-thorn1824 catechu-tree1829 silver wattle1832 blackthorn1833 thorny acacia1834 boobyalla1835 seyal1844 mulga1848 thorn-wood1850 hackthorn1857 mimosa1857 poison tree1857 Port Jackson1857 talha1857 golden wattle1859 whitethorn acacia1860 buffalo thorn1866 nelia1867 siris1874 cassie1876 couba1878 needlebush1884 sallow wattle1884 sally1884 giddea1885 prickly Moses1887 yarran1888 opopanax tree1889 wait-a-while1889 fever tree1893 giraffe acacia1896 stay-a-while1898 brigalow1901 wirra1904 cootamundra1909 Sydney golden wattle1909 witchetty bush1911 rooikrans1917 jam-tree1934 whistling thorn1949 blackthorn1966 1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. xi. 203 White-thorned mimosa (Acacia horrida). 1862 G. T. Lloyd 33 Years Tasmania iii. 33 The Mimosa or Wattle, which prevails throughout the most fertile lands of Tasmania. 1897 G. B. Sudworth Nomencl. Arborescent Flora U.S. 250 Leucæna pulverulenta... Chalky Lucæna..Common Name. Mimosa. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 3 Mar. 4/1 London streets are being enlivened this spring not only by the welcome presence of abundant daffodils, but with a plentiful supply of mimosa. 1924 L. H. Bailey Man. Cultivated Plants 426 The plants known to the florists as mimosas are acacias (chiefly A. armata). 1927 W. Cather Death comes for Archbishop i. iv. 43 He had..come upon an old woman with a basket of yellow flowers; sprays of yellow sending out a honey-sweet perfume. Mimosa. 1955 V. Nabokov Lolita I. xi. 73 It was glazed over with a sheet of emerald ice,..although imported mimosas and oleanders flowered on its gravelly banks. 1969 T. H. Everest Living Trees of World 186/2 The hardiest Albizzia is the one called mimosa in the southern United States. 1987 K. Rushforth Tree Planting & Managem. (1990) 193/2 It [sc. the silver wattle] bears masses of attractive yellow flowers in spring and is the ‘Mimosa’ of florists. 1993 Tatler July 49/2 Amarige's enchanting fragrance is scented with violets, mimosa, gardenias and the distinctive flowers of ylang-ylang. c. = mimosa thorn n. at Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1926 J. Burtt Davy Man. Flowering Plants & Ferns Transvaal 346 A. Karroo... Thorn-tree; doringboom; karroo-thorn; soetdoring; mimosa; witdoring... The most widely distributed species in S. Afr. 1933 S. & E. Afr. Year Bk. & Guide 319 Various kinds of acacias predominate [in the scrub and savannah forests of South Africa] and of these the common mimosa Acacia karroo is the most widespread. 2. A yellow colour resembling that of the florist's mimosa (the blossom of Acacia dealbata, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [noun] > other yellows jessamy1728 kamala1820 honey-gold1850 strontian yellow1854 spiraein1868 butter colour1877 honeysuckle1881 mimosa1909 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Mimosa, same as thiazol yellow. 1966 Harper's Bazaar Sept. 41 Evening dress... In mimosa, toast or turquoise. 1970 Guardian 2 June 7/8 Mimosa, Lettuce Green, Lavender Blue. 1999 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 28 Apr. These great towels come in a choice of 11 fresh spring colours—apricot, azalea, berry, blue, cinnamon, gold, kiwi, mimosa, peacock, vanilla and white. 3. North American. A cocktail consisting of champagne and orange juice. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > drinks made with wine > [noun] > drinks with champagne champagne cup1830 Bismarck1910 black velvet1926 Buck's Fizz1930 mimosa1936 kir royale1977 1936 F. Meier Artistry of Mixing Drinks 74/2 Mimosa or Champagne Orange. In a large wineglass: a piece of Ice, the juice of one-half Orange; fill with Champagne stir and serve. 1948 D. A. Embury Fine Art of Mixing Drinks xi. 308 Mimosa. Orange juice and champagne, half and half. Just another freak champagne mixture. It's not half bad and the ladies usually like it. 1975 New Yorker 30 June 32/1 People keep arriving, parking their cars along the road, going up the outside stairs to the deck..to drink Mimosas, a combination of orange juice and champagne. 1988 S. Gray How's that for telling 'em, Fat Lady? v. 228 I finally managed to dress and shave, then make it down to the bar, where I quaffed back two mimosas with great rapidity. B. adj. (attributive). Of the colour of mimosa (see sense A. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > other yellows honey-yellow1615 butter-coloured1629 gamboge1819 honey-gold1849 lily-yellowc1865 apple-yellow1884 goldenrod1905 mimosa1928 1928 A. Christie Myst. of Blue Train viii. 61 The little mimosa suit of crêpe de chine. 1971 R. Busby Deadlock xiii. 201 The immaculate coffee-coloured tussore suit..with a fresh mimosa shirt. 2000 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 15 Feb. Create the perfect space to pamper and preen, and surround yourself with feminine furniture... Mimosa throw, £250..Lilac devore cushion, £18. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. mimosa scrub n. ΚΠ 1888 Longman's Mag. Sept. 509 A desultory fire—was kep' up from the shelter of the..mimosa scrub, which proved singlarly effective. 1900 A. Conan Doyle Green Flag 4 Thick clumps of mimosa scrub. 1983 P. O'Brian Treason's Harbour vii. 210 Reaching a place called Shuwak, a rocky outcrop with some tamarisk and mimosa scrub less than sixteen miles from Suez. mimosa shrub n. ΚΠ 1830 R. Dawson Present State Austral. (1831) v. 202 Gum arabic, which exudes from the mimosa shrubs. 1918 Mind 27 413 Sir James Simpson first narcotized a Mimosa shrub. Verworn has recorded similar experiments and found Mimosa Pudica responsive to electric stimulation. 1997 World & I (Electronic ed.) July 176 A mimosa shrub from Africa has transformed the marshes and wet monsoon forests of northern Australia into dense, almost impenetrable stands of prickly, thorny shrub forests. mimosa tree n. ΚΠ 1776 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 290 We encamped under a large mimosa tree. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. vii. 146 The cliffs are..covered with cacti and mimosa-trees. 1898 Argosy Oct. 516 Secreting himself and his beast in a thick ambush of dohn reeds and intertangling mimosa trees, he gave his camel and himself a day's rest. 1995 Afr. Amer. Rev. 29 459 Three boys are trying to climb the mimosa trees flanking the doorway. b. mimosa yellow n. ΚΠ 1910 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 747/1 The following list includes the principal coal-tar colours..mimosa yellow. 1976 Star (Sheffield) 26 Nov. 22/7 (advt.) 1974..Triumph Stag. Mimosa yellow, black interior. 2000 Scotsman 18 Jan. 14/5 Colours are the brilliant tropical or sun-washed Mediterranean shades of the early travel brochures—juicy leaf greens mixed with orchid pink or mimosa yellow. C2. mimosa bark n. the bark of an Australian or South African species of Acacia, used in tanning. ΚΠ 1823 Trans. Soc. Arts 41 App. ii. 291 (heading) Extract of mimosa-bark, for the use of tanners. 1852 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts (1854) II. 130/1 Mimosa, or Wattle-bark, is procured from different species of mimosa, which grow in Australia and New Zealand. 1957 Handbk. Farmers S. Afr. (S. Afr. Dept. Agric.) (new ed.) I. 339 ‘Bergbas’ gives a light yellowish colour to the leather, while mimosa bark gives a dark reddish colour. 1997 Proc. N.Z. Soc. Animal Production 57 126 A Mimosa bark extract..was given to sheep and cattle to provide condensed tannins..at levels which increased growth in lambs. mimosa bush n. a shrub or small tree of the family Mimosaceae ( Leguminosae); spec. the cassie or popinac, Acacia farnesiana, native to subtropical and tropical America, and naturalized in Australia and elsewhere in the tropics. ΚΠ 1856 F. Fleming Southern Afr. xii. 264 A broad valley, covered with rich pasturage and dotted with ‘mimosa’ bushes, stretched out over several acres. 1900 R. Kipling in Daily News 16 June 4/5 McManus went for a walk through the mimosa-bushes. 1959 H. G. Lamond Sheep Station 87 A pair of top-knot pigeons had nested in the thorny tangle of a mimosa bush. 1981 J. A. Baines Austral. Plant Genera 15 A[cacia] farnesiana, Mimosa Bush, unique in that it is native in five continents. mimosa family n. the family Mimosaceae, one of the three separate families into which the Leguminosae are sometimes divided, characterized by small, regular flowers with numerous stamens, usually grouped in globular heads. ΚΠ 1855 Biblical Repertory 27 614 The ‘red-water’ is a decoction made from the inner bark of a large forest tree of the mimosa family. 1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (ed. 2) 91 Mimoseæ. The Mimosa Family. 1918 W. Cather My Ántonia v. i. 382 At the gate grew two silvery, moth-like trees of the mimosa family. 1989 Encycl. Brit. I. 49/1 Acacia, genus of perhaps 800 species of trees and shrubs of the mimosa family (Mimosaceae), mostly native to warmer regions, particularly Australia (where they are called wattles) and Africa. mimosa gum n. rare = gum arabic n. ΚΠ 1890 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon at Mimosa Mimosa gum, same as Acaciae gummi. 1972 M. Sahlins Stone Age Econ. i. 7 Captain Stuart..encountering a group of Aboriginals engaged in large quantities of mimosa gum. mimosa thorn n. a thorny acacia, Acacia karroo, of southern Africa. ΚΠ 1844 Littell's Living Age 19 Oct. 674 Other species were..expanding their gay wings on the mimosa thorn, or the drooping leaves of the sugar-cane. 1894 G. H. Portal Mission Uganda 35 Clumps of mimosa thorns. 1999 Independent on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 18 Apr. Palace wasn't a word that fitted the Karoo. It didn't belong with mimosa thorns, goats, ostriches, drought, and sun-scrunched faces. mimosa thorn bush n. = mimosa thorn n. ΚΠ 1892 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 21 160 This district gets its name from the fact of its being thickly covered with the umbrella-shaped mimosa thorn bushes. 1898 Daily News 6 Sept. 4/7 They stood behind the thin breastwork of mimosa thorn bushes. 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