Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
tribe within thesubfamily Mimosoideae — themimosas and related plants.
Etymologies
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Mimosa + -eae
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Examples
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The chief arboreous vegetation consists of Rubiaceae, Mimoseae, Cassiaceae (_Bauhinia_),
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Hardly anything in your letter interested me so much as your account and drawing of the valves of the pod of one of the Mimoseae with the really beautiful seeds.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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