Where it is said
- Paraná· strongly associated — The ALERS comparison concentrates mimosa in eastern Paraná; this state-level area is characteristic rather than exclusive.
How it is used
A regional everyday name for a tangerine, concentrated in eastern Paraná. ALiB records mimosa in the South, and the finer ALERS comparison identifies its main area in eastern Paraná. Here mimosa names the fruit, not the adjective or the flower.
Examples
No leste do Paraná, muita gente chama a tangerina de mimosa.
In eastern Paraná, many people call a tangerine mimosa.
Comprei mimosas na feira.
I bought tangerines at the market.