mimosa, buck's fizz
(noun) a mixed drink containing champagne and orange juice
mimosa
(noun) any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Mimosa
The star Beta Crucis.
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mimosa (plural mimosas or mimosae)
(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.
Albizia species (silk tree, pink siris).
Acacia species.
A cocktail consisting of half champagne and half orange juice.
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Source: Wiktionary
Mi*mo"sa, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Mime.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of leguminous plants, containing many species, and including the sensitive plants (Mimosa sensitiva, and M. pudica).
Note: The term mimosa is also applied in commerce to several kinds bark imported from Australia, and used in tanning; -- called also wattle bark. Tomlinson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
