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acacia
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What does acacia mean?
noun
- A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
- The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica, Egyptian acacia).
- A false acacia; robinia tree (Robinia pseudoacacia).
More meanings (6)
noun
- 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
- A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
proper noun
- A barangay of Catarman, Northern Samar, Philippines.
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Among the thorn and acacia trees of the hillsides one was certain of impalla, eland, diks-diks, and giraffes.
Some very hard seeds like those of acacia trees, etc., are helped by hot water - even near the boiling point.
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I opened the stomachs of several, and found them full of vegetable fibres and leaves of different trees, especially of an acacia.
It grows on a small stunted-looking bush, with few branches, and a pointed leaf, in form resembling the acacia leaf, but not so large.
I wonder what Jehoiakim did with the mealy-bug on his passion-vine, and if he had any way of removing the scale-bug from his African acacia?