Translingual

Acacia koa (1)

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Acacia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Leguminosae – mostly thornless Australasian shrubs and trees. [2000-]
2. (superseded) A genus that included all the genera now included in tribe Acacieae.
3. An epithet in a botanical name at the rank between species and genus, a name which applies to a section of the genus Acacia.

Usage notes

• Portions of the circumscription of the genus is quite controversial.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Mimosoideae - subfamily; Acacieae - tribe

Coordinate terms

• (genera in tribe Acacieae): Faidherbia, Vachellia, Senegalia, Acaciella, Mariosousa

Hyponyms

• See List of Acacia species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Acacia anarthros
• Acacia propinqua

Translations

References

1. ↑ Morris, William, ed. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., 1971.

English

an acacia (Acacia acinacea) (1)

Noun

acacia ‎(countable and uncountable, plural acacias)

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:

Synonyms

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

Translations

See also

• false acacia
• gum acacia

References

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

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

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.

References

1. ↑ Morris, William, ed. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., 1971.
2. 1 2 3 4 Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: aca‧cia

Etymology

From Latin acacia or French acacia.

Noun

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.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

acacia m ‎(plural acacias)

1. acacia

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

acacia f ‎(plural acacie)

1. acacia (tree)

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈkaː.ki.a/

Noun

acācia f ‎(genitive acāciae); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

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

References

• 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)

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin acacia or French acacia.

Noun

acacia

1. shrubs or trees of the genus Acacia

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /aˈka.θja/
• (Others) IPA^(key): /aˈka.sja/

Noun

acacia f ‎(plural acacias)

1. acacia