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    FAMILY MIMOSACEAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Family of spiny woody plants (usually shrubs or small trees) whose leaves mimic animals in sensitivity to touch; commonly included in the family Leguminosaeplay

    Synonyms:

    family Mimosaceae; Mimosaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("family Mimosaceae" is a kind of...):

    rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

    Holonyms ("family Mimosaceae" is a member of...):

    Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae)

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