Word
genus Mimosa, n.
genus of spiny woody shrubs or trees; named for their apparent imitation of animal sensitivity to light and heat and movement
<noun.plant>
genus Mimosa
semantic pointers
hypernym
rosid dicot genus
member holonym
Mimosoideae, subfamily Mimosoideae
member meronym
mimosa
sensitive plant, Mimosa sensitiva
sensitive plant, touch-me-not, shame plant, live-and-die, humble plant, action plant, Mimosa pudica