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genus of leguminous plants, containing many species, and including the sensitive plants (Mimosa sensitiva, and M. pudica).

happy nation. Washington. Humble plant (Bot.), a species of sensitive plant, of the genus Mimosa (M. sensitiva). -- To eat humble pie, to endure mortification; to submit or apologize abjectly; to yield passively to insult or humilitation; -- a phrase derived from a pie made of the entrails or humbles of a deer, which…

eguminosæ), which bear legumes, including peas, beans, clover, locust trees, acacias, and mimosas.

Pertaining to, or designating, a variety of tannin or tannic acid found in Acacia, Mimosa, etc.

A Mexican mimosaceous tree (Lysiloma candida), the bark of which is used in tanning.

red sensitive to the effect of light. -- Sensitive plant. (Bot.) (a) A leguminous plant (Mimosa pudica, or M. sensitiva, and other allied species), the leaves of which close at the slightest touch. (b) Any plant showing motions after irritation, as the sensitive brier (Schrankia) of the Southern States, two common Ame…

In South Africa, one of numerous acacias and mimosas.