Definition of Family Mimosaceae

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


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Mimosaceae

family Melastomaceae
family Melastomataceae
family Meleagrididae
family Meliaceae
family Meliphagidae
family Meloidae
family Membracidae
family Menuridae
family Menyanthaceae
family Meropidae
family Micrococcaceae
family Microdesmidae
family Microhylidae
family Mimidae
family Mimosaceae (current term)
family Miridae
family Mniaceae
family Mobulidae
family Molidae
family Molossidae
family Momotidae
family Moniliaceae
family Monocanthidae
family Monodontidae
family Monotropaceae
family Moraceae
family Morchellaceae
family Motacillidae
family Mucoraceae

Literary usage of Family Mimosaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pennsylvania Trees by Joseph Simon Illick, Pennsylvania Dept. of Forestry (1914)
"Some authors separate the members of this family into 3 distinct families known as: (1) The Mimosa family, Mimosaceae, (2) The Senna family, Caesalpiniaceae ..."

2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1904)
"They proved to be the inflorescence of Entada scandens, a giant climbing leguminous plant belonging to the family Mimosaceae. It seems surprising that a ..."

3. A Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger (1898)
"family Mimosaceae.—Flowers ACTIN<>- MORPHIC ; corolla absent, or if present, with petals VALVATE in the bud; ..."

4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1918)
"These are the acacia or mimosa family (Mimosaceae), the senna family (Caesalpiniaceae), the krameria family (Kra- ..."

5. Contributions to the Paleobotany of Peru, Bolivia and Chile: Five Papers by Edward Wilber Berry (1922)
"The family Mimosaceae is unrepresented, in fact the number of leguminous forms known from this flora is surprisingly small and is, I believe, no indication ..."

6. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States. National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1905)
"family Mimosaceae; a tree 5 meters high; older growth covered with spines; found at Bayamon. (Stahl, 3: 144—152. ..."

7. Economic plants of Porto Rico by Orator Fuller Cook, Guy N. Collins (1903)
"family Mimosaceae; a tree 5 meters high; older growth covered with ... Family Mimosaceae; a forest tree 10 meters high; leaves finely divided; spineless. ..."

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