mimulus

British  

/ ˈmɪmjʊləs /

noun

1. See monkey flower

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Etymology

Origin of mimulus

New Latin, from Greek mimō ape (from the shape of the corolla)

Example Sentences

Among these grows a thick bunch of mimulus or monkey-plant, well known in gardens, here flourishing alone beside the stream.

From Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Jefferies, Richard

But the dreamer took his book in his hand, and, musing, he wandered by the stream’s side, where grew the yellow mimulus.

From Japanese Fairy Tales by James, Grace

At first sight only these radiant crystals are likely to be noticed, but looking closely you discover a multitude of very small gilias, phloxes, mimulus, etc., many of them with more petals than leaves.

From The Yosemite by Muir, John

Of late years the mimulus has gilded the bank of one of the ditches. 

From John Keble's Parishes by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

For the wood delights to grow abroad at all points, and one might search a summer long without finding two leaves of the oak alike, or any two trumpets of the spangled mimulus.

From The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children by Austin, Mary Hunter