acacia

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

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃə

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.

acacia (countable and uncountable, plural acacias or acaciae)

1. (countable) A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]^[1]
   • 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, Egyptian acacia). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]^[1]
3. A false acacia; robinia tree (Robinia pseudoacacia). [First attested in the mid 17th century.]^[1]
4. (uncountable) Gum arabic; gum acacia. [First attested in the early 19th century.]^[1]
5. (loosely) Any of several related trees, such as a locust tree.
6. A light to moderate greenish yellow with a hint of red.
   acacia:  

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

• → Pohnpeian: akesia

• “acacia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Unknown.

acacia (plural acacias)

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

• Acacia in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• Acacia in the 1921 edition of Collier's Encyclopedia.

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. a shrub or tree of a species that belongs to the genus Acacia
2. any plant resembling an acacia

   (particularly) synonym of robinia (“Robinia pseudoacacia”)

• → Indonesian: akasia

• acacia on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

• IPA^(key): /a.ka.sja/

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acacia m (plural acacias)

1. acacia

• → Moore: kasɩya

• “acacia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Latin acācia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”). Doublet of gaggia.

• IPA^(key): /aˈka.t͡ʃa/
• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Hyphenation: a‧cà‧cia

acacia f (plural acacie)

1. acacia (shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae), particularly:
   • 1567, Ricettario fiorentino [Florentine Cookbook]‎^[1], page 13:

     L’Acacia (ſecõdo Dioſcoride) è vn’arbuſcello d'Egitto, ſpinoſo, di rami folto, il quale non creſce in alto, e fa i fiori bianchi

     The acacia (according to Dioscorides) is an Egyptian sapling, thorny, with many branches, that does not develop in height, and makes white flowers

   1. silver wattle (Acacia dealbata)
   2. Mount Morgan wattle (Acacia podalyriifolia)
2. sweet acacia (Vachellia farnesiana)

   Synonym: gaggia

3. black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)

   Synonym: robinia

• acacia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• acaica

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈkaː.ki.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈkaː.t͡ʃi.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 noun.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈkaː.ki.aː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈkaː.t͡ʃi.a]

acāciā f

1. ablative singular of acācia

• “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Borrowed from Latin acacia or French acacia. Doublet of acaț (“black locust”).

acacia f (plural acacii)

1. shrubs or trees of the genus Acacia

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

• IPA^(key): /aˈkaθja/ [aˈka.θja] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aˈkasja/ [aˈka.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aθja (Spain)
• Rhymes: -asja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: a‧ca‧cia

acacia f (plural acacias)

1. acacia (shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae)

• “acacia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024