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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various herbs or shrubs of the genus Mimulus, having variously colored, two-lipped flowers.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A plant of the genus Mimulus.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From the pattern of spots on its flowers.]

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