acacia
UK/əˈkeɪ.ʃə//əˈkeɪ.ʃə/
acacia noun: a shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
Noun (1)
acacia (countable and uncountable, plural acacias or acaciae)
- A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
- The latter species was collected only once in this survey on A. flavescens but is widespread on both tropical and temperate acacias in Australia.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...
- Synonyms:
- wattle, thorntree, whistling thorn
- The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica, Egyptian acacia).
- Synonyms:
- gum acacia, gum arabic
- A false acacia; robinia tree (Robinia pseudoacacia).
- Gum arabic; gum acacia.
- Any of several related trees, such as a locust tree.
- A light to moderate greenish yellow with a hint of red.
- acacia
Noun (2)
acacia (plural acacias)
Proper noun capitalized: Acacia
Acacia
- A barangay of Catarman, Northern Samar, Philippines.
acacia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
acacia in Hindi
- shrub or tree
- बबूल babūl
- inspissated juice of Acacia
- गोंद gond
acacia in Tamil
- கருவேலம், பிசின் தரும் ஒருவகை மரம்
acacia in Marathi
- अकेशिया, अकेसिया, अकेशिका
acacia in Urdu
- ببول, کیکر
More languagesFewer languages
- acacia in Telugu
- అకేసియా, అకేషియా, అకేశియా
- acacia in Malayalam
- അക്കേഷ്യ, അക്കേസിയ
- acacia in Kannada
- ಜಾಲಿ, ಬಬ್ಬುಳಿ, ಗೊಬ್ಬಳಿ
- acacia in Gujarati
- અકેશિકા, અકેસિયા, અકેશિયા
- acacia in Odia
- ଅକେଶିଆ
- acacia in Nepali
- अकेसिया, अकेशिया
- acacia in Tagalog
- langil, akasya
- acacia in Arabic
- أَقَاقِيَا ʔaqāqiyā, سَنْط sanṭ, طَلْح ṭalḥ, قَرَظ qaraẓ
- acacia in Malay
- akasia
- acacia in Indonesian
- akasia
Examples of acacia in a sentence
- Acacia concinna, commonly known as Skikakai in Hindi or Sompoi in Thai, is a climbing shrub.
- Janzen concluded that the ants and acacias are obligate symbionts, depending entirely upon each other.
- It is a fruit growing on a tree, a species of acacia.
Synonyms of acacia
- wattle
- thorntree
- whistling thorn
- gum acacia
- gum arabic
Forms of acacia
| plural | acacias |
|---|---|
| plural | acaciae |
Origin of acacia
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.
Unknown.
Words formed from acacia
- acacetin
- Acacia Avenue
- Acacia Creek
- Acacia Gardens
- acacia gum
- Acacia Hills
- acaciahuasca
- acacialike
- acacia pied barbet
- Acacia Ridge
- acacia tit
- acacia veld
- acaciin
- acacin
- false acacia
- gum acacia
- kangaroo acacia
- Karoo acacia
- Lower Acacia Creek
- paradox acacia
- rose acacia
- rose-acacia
- soap acacia
- stinking acacia
- yellow acacia
Phrases with acacia
Words that rhyme with acacia
Questions about acacia
- What does acacia mean?
- Acacia means a shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
- What is acacia in Hindi?
- Acacia in Hindi is बबूल (babūl), गोंद (gond). See Acacia meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is acacia?
- Acacia can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce acacia?
- Acacia is pronounced /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of acacia?
- The plural of acacia is acacias.
Words near acacia in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: acacia (page history and authors); Acacia (page history and authors); acacia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acacia (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); acacia (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acacia (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); acacia (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); acacia (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acacia (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); acacia (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); acacia (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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