acacia

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/, /əˈkeɪ.sjə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃə

• First attested before 1398.
• From Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”), probably from Egyptian.[1]

acacia (countable and uncountable, plural acacias or acaciae)

1. (countable) A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][2]
   • 1997, Kenneth M. Old, Ian A. Hood, Zi Qing Yuan, Diseases of Tropical Acacias in Northern Queensland, K. M. Old, Su Lee See, J. K. Sharma (editors), Diseases of Tropical Acacias: Proceedings of an International Workshop held at Subanjeriji (South Sumatra) 28 April - 2 May 1996, page 1,

     The latter species was collected only once in this survey on A. flavescens but is widespread on both tropical and temperate acacias in Australia.

2. (uncountable, pharmacy) The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica), the Egyptian acacia. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][2]
3. A false acacia; robinia tree, Robinia pseudoacacia. [First attested in the mid 17th century.][2]
4. (uncountable) Gum arabic; gum acacia. [First attested in the early 19th century.][2]
5. (loosely) Any of several related trees, such as the locust tree.
6. A light to moderate greenish yellow with a hint of red.
   acacia colour:  

• (shrub or tree of the genus Acacia): wattle (Australian varieties), thorntree, whistling thorn
• (inspissated juice of several species of Acacia): gum acacia, gum arabic

• false acacia
• gum acacia

• acacia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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acacia (plural acacias)

1. (historical, classical studies) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.

Borrowed from Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /aːˈkaː.si.aː/

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• Hyphenation: aca‧cia

acacia m (plural acacia's, diminutive acaciaatje n)

1. (botany) A shrub or tree of a species that belongs to the genus Acacia, is believed to belong to this genus, or once belonged to the genus. In practice it will refer to Robinia pseudoacacia.

• IPA^(key): /a.ka.sja/

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acacia m (plural acacias)

1. acacia

• “acacia” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”).

acacia f (plural acacie)

1. acacia (tree)

From Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈkaː.ki.a/

acācia f (genitive acāciae); first declension

1. the gum arabic tree (Vachellia nilotica, syn. Acacia nilotica).
2. the juice or gum of this plant.

First declension.

• → Dutch: acacia
• → English: acacia
• → French: acacia
• → Italian: acacia
• → Portuguese: acácia
• → Romanian: acacia
• → Spanish: acacia

• acacia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acacia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

From Latin acacia or French acacia.

acacia

1. shrubs or trees of the genus Acacia

From Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía) "a thorny Egyptian tree", from ἀκή (akḗ) "point, thorn".

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /aˈkaθja/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /aˈkasja/

acacia f (plural acacias)

1. acacia

• “acacia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.