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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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Find classic pub bites at The Lodge Brick City Craft Pub & Eatery, and choose from more than 100 craft beers, cocktails, and bottomless mimosas at Sunday brunch.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 18 June 2024
Libations include an endless mimosa ($25), a mimosa flight ($21), a grasshopper martini ($12), a morning mule ($12), a beermosa ($10) and more.
—Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024
On weekends, diners can also opt for a $32 brunch with bottomless Bloody Marys, mimosas or screwdrivers, as well as breakfast staples like French Toast, benedicts and steak and eggs.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2024
Enjoy brunch buffet catered by Taste of Belgium, beer, wine, bloody Marys and bottomless mimosas.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 4 Feb. 2024
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 18 June 2024
Libations include an endless mimosa ($25), a mimosa flight ($21), a grasshopper martini ($12), a morning mule ($12), a beermosa ($10) and more.
—Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024
On weekends, diners can also opt for a $32 brunch with bottomless Bloody Marys, mimosas or screwdrivers, as well as breakfast staples like French Toast, benedicts and steak and eggs.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2024
Enjoy brunch buffet catered by Taste of Belgium, beer, wine, bloody Marys and bottomless mimosas.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 4 Feb. 2024
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“Mimosa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mimosa. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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mimosa
noun
mi·mo·sa
mə-ˈmō-sə 
mī-,
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: 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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