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Plural of acacia

regular plural

The plural of acacia is acacias or acaciae.

Forms of acacia

Singularacacia /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/
Pluralacacias
acaciae
Countablecountable and uncountable

Plural of acacia by meaning

  1. a shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.: acacias or acaciae
  2. a roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality....: acacias

Acacias and acaciae in a sentence

  • Janzen concluded that the ants and acacias are obligate symbionts, depending entirely upon each other.2015, John Kricher, A Neotropical Companion, page 132. From the entry antless
  • She said it's because acacias get killed by the occasional hard freeze that we have here in Central Florida every 8 to 10 years.1993 May 10, Rick Harrison, “seeking Acacia farnesiana, continued”, in rec.gardens (Usenet), message-ID <VumB4B1w164w@jwt.oau.org>. From the entry hibisci
  • I talked to a fairly knowledgeable woman who works at a local nursery yesterday, asking her why they don't carry Acacia farnesiana or any acacias at all for that matter.1993 May 10, Rick Harrison, “seeking Acacia farnesiana, continued”, in rec.gardens (Usenet), message-ID <VumB4B1w164w@jwt.oau.org>. From the entry hibisci

Meaning of acacia

  1. noun A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
  2. noun The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica, Egyptian acacia).
  3. noun A false acacia; robinia tree (Robinia pseudoacacia).

Full definition of acacia

Questions about the plural of acacia

What is the plural of acacia?
The plural of acacia is acacias or acaciae.
Which is correct, acacias or acaciae?
Both are used. acacias is the more common of the two in English writing.
Is acacia countable?
Acacia is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: acacia (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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