Etymology

mimosa salad

Today it means: A festive salad, popular in the former USSR, made with cheese, eggs, canned fish, onion, and mayonnaise. Full definition →

Russian сала́т мимо́за
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  1. Russian · calque ofсала́т мимо́за
  2. English todaymimosa salad

Calque of Russian сала́т мимо́за (salát mimóza), from its resemblance to mimosa flowers scattered on the snow in spring.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.