mimulus

mimulus |ˈmɪmjʊləs | ▶noun a plant of a genus which includes the musk plants and the monkey flower. ●Genus Mimulus, family Scrophulariaceae. ORIGIN modern Latin, apparently a diminutive of Latin mimus ‘mime ’, perhaps with reference to its mask-like flowers.

mimulus

mimulus |ˈmɪmjʊləs | ▶noun a plant of a genus which includes the musk plants and the monkey flower. ●Genus Mimulus, family Scrophulariaceae. ORIGIN modern Latin, apparently a diminutive of Latin mimus ‘mime ’, perhaps with reference to its mask-like flowers.