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Acacia

Acacia

1 6.3
A group of trees and bushes like wattles and mimosas
  • noun
  • /əˈkeɪʃə/
  • Specialized
: acacia
  • Acrid sweet with magnolia, acacia, rhododendron, hedges, and bushes.
  • acacia wood
  • acacia trees

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Examples

  • Blackening the pots was routinely done in a manner similar to that described above, using acacia seedpods or tree bark for the vegetal bath.

    Academic text (2007)
  • He would bring me a white acacia flower and hand it to me in the cafeteria.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Ask me about the scent of acacia - it's in this room.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • This Acacia wood table is from Kasama, MO.

  • Some of them have died, and here amidst the willows and the acacia trees, I remember them.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Acacia trees swayed in the courtyard, serene in the afternoon heat.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Koa, a type of acacia, has beautiful wood that can be fashioned into art objects and furnishings.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Edible acacia species include A. holosericea, A. murrayana, and A. victoriae.

    Blog text (1)
  • The forest trees on the hill were chiefly juniper, with yellow pine, a peculiar variety of white-barked pine, ash (acacia) trees, and willows around all the lakes and streams.

    Academic text (1995)
  • In a large suburban or country garden, the false acacia 'Frisia' makes a stunning centerpiece for a deep border or extended bed.

Compounds

Acacia farnesiana
  • Specialized
1 8.4

A thorny bush or small tree from warm regions with fragrant yellow flowers used to make perfume

1 8.1

A small tree or bush with thorns and sweet-smelling yellow flowers that people use to make perfume

Acacia catechu
  • Specialized
9.0

A spiny tree from South and Southeast Asia with yellow flowers and flat pods used to make a dark dye

Acacia auriculiformis
  • Specialized
9.9

A fast-growing Australian tree with bark used to tan leather and wood used for building

Acacia cambagei
  • Specialized
9.9

A small bushy Australian tree with very strong bad smelling flowers

Acacia dealbata
  • Specialized
9.6

A tree that stays green with silvery bark and bright yellow flower clusters

Acacia xanthophloea
  • South African
9.9

A tree from Africa called the fever tree with yellow-green bark that grows near water

Acacia melanoxylon
  • Specialized
9.9

A tall Australian tree with hard dark wood used for furniture and instruments

Acacia pycnantha
  • Australian
8.9

A small Australian tree with clusters of bright yellow fragrant flowers often grown in gardens

gum acacia
  • Specialized
6.7

A natural sticky substance from acacia trees used to thicken food and medicine

8.4

A large shrub or small tree with spiky stems and pink flower clusters used in gardens

Surface Forms

Acacia singular
Acacias plural

Etymology

Acacia comes from the old Greek name akakia, which is linked to a word for 'thorn' because many acacia trees have sharp thorns. So the name helps you remember these shrubs and trees as a group that often has thorns.