Acacia Definition

ə-kāshə

acacias

noun

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.

American Heritage

Any of several trees, shrubs, or other plants (genus Acacia) of the mimosa family, with clusters of yellow or white flowers: many are cultivated as ornamentals, and some yield gum arabic, dyes, or perfumes.

Webster's New World

Any of several other plants in the pea family, especially of the genus Robinia.

American Heritage

The flower.

Webster's New World

Gum arabic.

Webster's New World

pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Leguminosae — mostly thornless Australasian shrubs and trees. [2000-]

Wiktionary

(superseded) A genus that included all the genera now included in tribe Acacieae.

Wiktionary

An epithet in a botanical name at the rank between species and genus, a name which applies to a section of the genus Acacia.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Acacia

Noun

Singular:

acacia

Plural:

acacias

Origin of Acacia

From Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakia, “shittah tree”), from ἀκή (akē, “point”), probably from Egyptian.

From Wiktionary
From Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakia, “shittah tree”), from ἀκή (akē, “point”), probably from Egyptian.

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Middle English from Latin from Greek akakiā

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
First attested before 1398.

From Wiktionary
Unknown.

From Wiktionary