acacia

a·ca·cia  (-ksh)

n.

1. Any of various often spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia in the pea family, having alternate, bipinnately compound leaves or leaves represented by flattened leafstalks and heads or spikes of small flowers.

2. Any of several other leguminous plants, such as the rose acacia.

3. See gum arabic.

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[Middle English, from Latin, from Greek akakia.]

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

acacia - any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia genus Acacia - large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa shittah, shittah tree - source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acacia wattle - any of various Australasian trees yielding slender poles suitable for wattle Acacia catechu, catechu, Jerusalem thorn - East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu huisache, mimosa bush, scented wattle, sweet acacia, sweet wattle, Acacia farnesiana, cassie, flame tree - tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery Acacia xanthophloea, fever tree - African tree supposed to mark healthful regions tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms gum acacia, gum arabic - gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals)

Translations

acacia [əˈkeɪʃə] N → acacia f

acacia [əˈkeɪʃə] n (also acacia tree) → acacia m

acacia

n (also acacia tree) → Akazie f

acacia [əˈkeɪʃə] n (acacias or acacia (pl)) → acacia