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Pieanne Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

Mimosa

0 Hello! How do you call the small round fuzzy mimosa flowers? "beads"? "balls"? Something else? Thank you! 0-
  

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0Ooer I hadn't seen one so I looked at a pic, aren't they strange. I'm not sure, maybe flowerhead? 0-

— Nona the brit

  • 0Ooer I hadn't seen one so I looked at a pic, aren't they strange.
  • I'm not sure, maybe flowerhead?
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0Ooer I hadn't seen one so I looked at a pic, aren't they strange. I'm not sure, maybe flowerhead? 02br
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00The only thing I'm familiar with is the dandilion head and we call those dandilion clocks because of the childrens game.0-
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0You have never seen mimosa? Not even in a flower shop? They're so beautiful, and smell heavenly... Thanks anyway, maybe it's "flowerhead" 050010id1
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0 I've seen mimosas (the collapsing one) but not in flower, at least, not that I've realised is a mimosa. 0-
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00Dear Pieanne,02br
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00It is my opinion that we may distinguish between species of 01i00Mimosa02i00 and the «mimosa» in a florist's shop. The sensitive plant is a species of 01i00Mimosa02i00. The «mimosa» in a florist's shop is however cultivated varieties of 01i00Acacia dealbata02
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0Thank you, Goldmund 05002br
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00I don't even know how we refer to it in French... Yet I wouldn't call them "boutons", they're harder to the touch, and mimosa is quite fuzzy. Maybe simply "flowers"? I googled that up, and saw they had been imported from Australia. That isn't consistent with the legend, alas... But do legends have to be consistent? 010id1
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00Dear Pieanne,02br
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00It is indeed so. It is a native of Australia and Tasmania. In Australia it is «silver wattle». In France it is «Mimosa argenté» and «Mimosa de Nice» and «Mimosa d'hiver». In Mariabronn it is «Silberakazie». 05002br
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00You may say «flowerhead». It is true that the inflorescence is «fuzzy». It
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0Gear Goldmund,02br
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00Your knowledge seems to have no limit... I think I'll settle for "fuzzy ball". 05000 "Silberakazie" has its charm, too... Yet I'm aware it refers to the species. I also have a soft spot for Tasmania, for I kind of like Taz, but I'm not sure you're into cartoons? Thank you for your valuable input,02br
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00Sincerely, 05
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0This isn't the first time a thread has ended with a load of fuzzy *****... 02br
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0But were they as fragrant? 050010id37
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0Seldom, I'm sorry to say.02br
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00Pity we don't have a "scratch and sniff" facility.02br
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00(For the mimosa, I mean, not the "fuzzy *****".)02br
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