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: any of a genus (Mimosa) of trees, shrubs, and herbs of the legume family that occur in tropical and warm regions and have usually bipinnate often prickly leaves and globular heads of small white or pink flowers
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: a mixed drink consisting of champagne and orange juice
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There, some 65 guests bid on the bags while enjoying Sunday brunch made to order on the premises — champagne and mimosas — and live steel drum music.
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Sloane Brown, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2025
Related Articles Himuro produced an animation of a woman under a mimosa tree.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 7 Mar. 2025
Oro’s monthly Bubbles & Brunch—with endless mimosas, artisanal cocktails, and a Caribbean-meets-European menu—has become a scene, and the restaurant is about to launch a new Rum Bar.
—Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 27 Feb. 2025
The team also plans to offer weekend brunch with hopes of adding a mimosa bar soon.
—Philip Freeman, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2025
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Sloane Brown, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2025
Related Articles Himuro produced an animation of a woman under a mimosa tree.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 7 Mar. 2025
Oro’s monthly Bubbles & Brunch—with endless mimosas, artisanal cocktails, and a Caribbean-meets-European menu—has become a scene, and the restaurant is about to launch a new Rum Bar.
—Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 27 Feb. 2025
The team also plans to offer weekend brunch with hopes of adding a mimosa bar soon.
—Philip Freeman, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Mimosa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mimosa. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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mimosa
noun
mi·mo·sa
mə-ˈmō-sə 
mī-,
-zə
: any of a genus of trees, shrubs, and herbs of the legume family that are found in warm regions and have small white or pink flowers in ball-shaped heads
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