name
Meaning 1
A barangay of Catarman, Northern Samar, Philippines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
acacia
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/
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Received-Pronunciation: /əˈkeɪ.sjə/
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US: /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 K EY1 SH AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- 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.
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noun
Meaning 3
The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica, Egyptian acacia).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: pharmacy
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noun
Meaning 4
A false acacia; robinia tree (Robinia pseudoacacia).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
Gum arabic; gum acacia.
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
Any of several related trees, such as a locust tree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
A light to moderate greenish yellow with a hint of red.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 8
A light to moderate greenish yellow with a hint of red. acacia:
acacia
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 9
A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: classical-studies, history, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 10
any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: tree
Narrower terms: shittah, shittah tree, wattle, catechu, Jerusalem thorn, Acacia catechu, huisache, cassie, mimosa bush, sweet wattle, sweet acacia, scented wattle, flame tree, Acacia farnesiana, fever tree, Acacia xanthophloea
History
Etymology
From Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), either from Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱ- (“sharp”) (compare ἀκή (akḗ, “point”)) or more likely a Pre-Greek word. First attested before 1398. Doublet of cassie.
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Across languages
Translations
67 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: akasia — shrub or tree
- Amharic: ግራር (gərar) — shrub or tree
- Arabic: أَقَاقِيَا (ʔaqāqiyā) — shrub or tree
- Arabic: سَنْط (sanṭ) — shrub or tree
- Arabic: طَلْح (ṭalḥ) — shrub or tree
- Arabic: قَرَظ (qaraẓ) — shrub or tree
- Armenian: ակացիա (akacʻia) — shrub or tree
- Belarusian: акацыя (akacyja) — shrub or tree
- Bhojpuri: बबूल (babūl) — shrub or tree
- Bulgarian: акация (akacija) — shrub or tree
- Catalan: acàcia — shrub or tree
- Cebuano: akasya — shrub or tree
- Chinese Mandarin: 金合欢 (jīnhéhuān) — shrub or tree
- Czech: akácie — shrub or tree
- Czech: kapinice — shrub or tree
- Dutch: acacia — shrub or tree
- Esperanto: akacio — shrub or tree
- Estonian: akaatsia — shrub or tree
- Finnish: akasia — shrub or tree
- French: acacia — shrub or tree
- Georgian: აკაცია (aḳacia) — shrub or tree
- German: Akazie — shrub or tree
- Greek: ακακία (akakía) — shrub or tree
- Ancient Greek: ἀκακία (akakía) — shrub or tree
- Hebrew: שיטה — shrub or tree
- Hiligaynon: akasya — shrub or tree
- Hindi: बबूल (babūl) — shrub or tree
- Hungarian: akácia — shrub or tree
- Hunsrik: Akassje — shrub or tree
- Icelandic: akasía — shrub or tree
- Indonesian: akasia — shrub or tree
- Irish: acáise — shrub or tree
- Irish: acaicia — shrub or tree
- Irish: crann acaicia — shrub or tree
- Italian: acacia — shrub or tree
- Japanese: アカシア (akashia) — shrub or tree
- Kapampangan: akasya — shrub or tree
- Latin: acacia — shrub or tree
- Macedonian: акација (akacija) — shrub or tree
- Malay: akasia — shrub or tree
- Maltese: akaċja — shrub or tree
- Manx: acaashey — shrub or tree
- Māori: keiha — shrub or tree
- Eastern Mari: акаций (akacij) — shrub or tree
- Norwegian: akasie — shrub or tree
- Polish: akacja — shrub or tree
- Portuguese: acácia — shrub or tree
- Quechua: harka — shrub or tree
- Romanian: acacia — shrub or tree
- Russian: ака́ция (akácija) — shrub or tree
- Serbo-Croatian: акација — shrub or tree
- Serbo-Croatian: akacija — shrub or tree
- Spanish: acacia — shrub or tree
- Spanish: chacalshúchil — shrub or tree
- Swahili: mshita — shrub or tree
- Swedish: akacia — shrub or tree
- Swedish: akaciaträd — shrub or tree
- Tagalog: langil — shrub or tree
- Tagalog: akasya — shrub or tree
- Turkish: akasya — shrub or tree
- Ukrainian: ака́ція (akácija) — shrub or tree
- Volapük: kaaziad — shrub or tree
- Volapük: kaaziadabim — shrub or tree
- Xhosa: umnga — shrub or tree
- Hindi: गोंद (gond) — inspissated juice of Acacia
- Māori: wātera — in Australia, the wattle tree
- Ngarrindjeri: wurruldi — in Australia, the wattle tree
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