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acacia [əˈkeɪʃə] n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any shrub or tree of the tropical and subtropical leguminous genus Acacia, having compound or reduced leaves and small yellow or white flowers in dense inflorescences See also wattle [4] (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) false acacia another name for locust [2] [3] (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) gum acacia another name for gum arabic [from Latin, from Greek akakia, perhaps related to akē point] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Acacia auriculiformis Acacia cambegei Acacia catechu Acacia dealbata Acacia farnesiana Acacia melanoxylon Acacia pycnantha Acacia xanthophloea black catechu cassie catechu fever tree flame tree genus Acacia gidgee golden wattle gum acacia gum arabic huisache | And the poor soldier went to the acacia; but when he was a few steps from it, the countess looked at him, as if defying him, although a slight expression of fear seemed to flicker in her eye; then, with a single bound she sprang from the acacia to a laburnum, and thence to a Norway fir, where she darted from branch to branch with extraordinary agility. It had no park, but the pleasure-grounds were tolerably extensive; and like every other place of the same degree of importance, it had its open shrubbery, and closer wood walk, a road of smooth gravel winding round a plantation, led to the front, the lawn was dotted over with timber, the house itself was under the guardianship of the fir, the mountain-ash, and the acacia, and a thick screen of them altogether, interspersed with tall Lombardy poplars, shut out the offices. The water was quite free from reptiles, and the vegetation upon the banks of the river had altered to more open and parklike forest, with eucalyptus and acacia mingled with a scattering of tree ferns, as though two distinct periods of geologic time had overlapped and merged. |
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ACAA ACAA1 ACAAA ACAAC ACAAF ACAAI ACAAK ACAAM ACAAP ACAATO ACAAWR ACAB ACAB ACABC ACABN ACABQ ACABS ACAC ACACA ACACB ACACC ACACD ACACE ACACES ACACHS acacia Acacia aneuraAcacia aneura Acacia aneura Acacia arcuata Acacia auriculiformis Acacia auriculiformis Acacia baileyana Acacia berlandieri Acacia berlandieri Acacia berlandieri Acacia binervia Acacia cambegei Acacia cana Acacia cana Acacia cana Acacia catechu Acacia catechu Acacia catechu Acacia catechuoides Acacia catechuoides Acacia coriacea Acacia cuspidifolia Acacia dealbata Acacia erioloba Acacia erioloba Acacia erioloba Acacia farnesiana Acacia farnesiana var. farnesiana Acacia furnesiana Acacia georginae | |||||||
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