mimulus noun. ['mɪmjʊlǝs] M18.
[mod. Latin (see below), app. dim. of Latin mimus MIME noun.]
Any of various moisture-loving plants of the chiefly American genus Mimulus, of the figwort family, with chiefly bright yellow, sometimes red-blotched flowers like those of antirrhinums; esp. the monkey flower, M. guttatus.

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