family mimosaceae

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsMimosaceae

   Broaderrosid dicot family

   Part ofLeguminosae

Questions about family mimosaceae

What does family mimosaceae mean?

family mimosaceae means "family of spiny woody plants (usually shrubs or small trees) whose leaves mimic animals in sensitivity to touch; commonly included in the family Leguminosae".

What is another word for family mimosaceae?

Close synonyms include Mimosaceae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is family mimosaceae a common word?

family mimosaceae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.