单词 | mimosa bush |
释义 | > as lemmasmimosa bush 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. < as lemmas |
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