mimosa
Americannoun
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mimosas
plural
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any of numerous plants, shrubs, or trees belonging to the genus Mimosa, of the legume family, native to tropical or warm regions, having small flowers in globular heads or cylindrical spikes and often sensitive leaves.
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any of various similar or related plants, especially of the genus Acacia, as the silver wattle, or Albizzia, as the silk tree.
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a cocktail of orange juice and champagne, usually in equal parts.
noun
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any tropical shrub or tree of the leguminous genus Mimosa, having ball-like clusters of yellow or pink flowers and compound leaves that are often sensitive to touch or light See also sensitive plant
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any similar or related tree
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Etymology
Origin of mimosa
1695–1705; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin mīm ( us ) mime + -ōsa, feminine of -ōsus -ose 1
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The high point: They were weekend mimosa brunches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Kondo: I look forward to possibly a mimosa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2024
The hilarious opera singer offers a retelling of “A Christmas Carol,” described as Charles Dickens meeting a bottomless mimosa brunch.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
It was the Europeans who brought the mimosa to the United States in the late 1960s.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2023
“You driving me crazy hanging around this house twenty-five hours a day. Get. Go chop down that poor mimosa tree you hate so much,” I say, because Mister Johnny never did chop that thing down.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
As people drink less and younger generations prioritize fitness and health, bottomless mimosas and carb-heavy menus are out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
There are dive bar mimosas, strip malls, grocery aisles and cheap canned noodles.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
The best brunches in L.A. include seafood towers at a Virgil Village clam shack, live jazz and bottomless mimosas in Sherman Oaks and tableside cinnamon rolls and Bloody Marys in Brentwood, plus much more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2025
The stand overhangs the River Thames and this is where the pre-match hospitality takes place with champagne or mimosas served on arrival.
From BBC ● May 10, 2025
Earth trees, great mimosas and weeping willows and magnolias and magnificent eucalyptus.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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