mimosa

See also: Mimosa

English

Mimosa (1)

Etymology

From New Latin mimosa, from Latin mimus (“mime, actor”), referring to Mimosa pudica and its habit of shrinking back when touched. The cocktail is named after the bright yellow, fragrant flowers of the mimosa Acacia dealbata.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɪˈməʊ.sə/, /mɪˈməʊ.zə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /mɪˈmoʊ.sə/

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• Rhymes: -əʊsə, -əʊzə

Noun

mimosa (plural mimosas or mimosae)

1. (botany) A plant belonging to the genus Mimosa usually found in tropical climates, their leaves are usually prickly and sensitive to touch or light, and have small white or pink flowers.
   • 2025 August 11, Sam Jones, “Ayahuasca and toad poison seized as police raid spiritual retreats in Spain”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     A Guardia Civil spokesperson said that ayahuasca, San Pedro, toad poison, wild rue and mimosa pudica were prohibited substances in Spain, adding that their consumption was not authorised because, while they were natural substances, they could be highly dangerous to human health.

2. Certain plants of the genus Albizia (silk tree, pink siris).
   • 2018 December, Tarfia Faizullah, “Yr Not Exotic, but Once Ya Wanted to Be”, in Poetry‎^[2], volume 213, number 3, page 270:

     Ya find yrself in the fret / of reclamation via musks all motherland-misty / (coconut milk, marine accord, mimosa tree).

3. Certain plants of the genus Acacia.
4. A cocktail consisting of half champagne and half orange juice.

Hyponyms

• (genus Mimosa): sensitive plant, touch-me-not

Derived terms

• mimosa webworm (Homadaula anisocentra)
• mimosa weed (Phyllanthus urinaria)

Translations

plant belonging to the genus Mimosa

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: мимоза f (mimoza)
• Czech: mimóza f, citlivka f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: mimosa (nl) f
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: mimoosa (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Mimose (de) f
• Greek: μιμόζα (el) f (mimóza)
• Hungarian: mimóza (hu)
• Irish: míomós
• Italian: mimosa (it) f
• Kazakh: мимоза (mimoza)
• Piedmontese: mimosa f
• Polish: mimoza (pl) f
• Portuguese: mimosa (pt) f
• Romanian: mimoză (ro) f
• Russian: мимо́за (ru) (mimóza)
• Sinhalese: නිදිකුම්බා (si) (nidikumbā)
• Spanish: mimosa (es) f
• Turkish: mimoza (tr)

cocktail

• Hebrew: מִימוֹזָה (mimóza)

See also

• mimosa salad
• mimophant

Anagrams

• Maoism

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmimosɑ/, [ˈmimo̞s̠ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -imosɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mi‧mo‧sa
• Hyphenation^(key): mi‧mo‧sa

Noun

mimosa

1. misspelling of mimoosa

Usage notes

• Mimosa is used as a Finnish female given name.

Derived terms

compounds

• tuntomimosa

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.mo.za/

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• Rhymes: -za

Noun

mimosa m (plural mimosas)

1. mimosa

Descendants

• → Turkish: mimoza

Further reading

• “mimosa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈmo.za/
• Rhymes: -oza
• Hyphenation: mi‧mó‧sa

Noun

mimosa f (plural mimose)

1. mimosa (plant and tree)

Anagrams

• sommai

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈmɔ.zɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈmɔ.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈmɔ.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /miˈmɔ.zɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔzɐ
• Hyphenation: mi‧mo‧sa

Noun

mimosa f (plural mimosas)

1. (botany) mimosa (any plant belonging to the genus Mimosa)
2. (South Brazil) mandarin (fruit)

   Synonyms: laranja-mimosa; see also Thesaurus:tangerina

Adjective

mimosa

1. feminine singular of mimoso

Further reading

• “mimosa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mimosa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈmosa/ [miˈmo.sa]
• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: mi‧mo‧sa

Noun

mimosa f (plural mimosas)

1. Mimosa (plant)

Derived terms

• mimosa arbórea

Adjective

mimosa

1. feminine singular of mimoso

Further reading

• “mimosa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “mimosa”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010