Mimosa
Mimosa (?; 277) , noun
[New Latin, from Greek {not transcribed} imitator. Compare Mime.]
(Botany) A genus of leguminous plants, containing many species, and including the sensitive plants (Mimosa sensitiva, and Mimosa pudica).
The term mimosa is also applied in commerce to several kinds bark imported from Australia, and used in tanning; -- called also wattle bark.