Definition of Acacia

1. Noun. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.


Definition of Acacia

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

2. n. A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates.

Definition of Acacia

1. Noun. (context: countable botany) A shrub or tree of the genus ''Acacia'', or from a species formerly classified in this genus, or believed to belong to the genus. ¹

2. Noun. (qualifier loosely) Any of several related trees, such as the locust. ¹

3. Noun. (context: uncountable pharmacy) The inspissated juice of several species of ''Acacia''. ¹

4. Noun. (context: uncountable) gum arabic. ¹

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Acacia

1. a flowering tree or shrub [n -S]

Medical Definition of Acacia

1. Origin: L. From Gr.; orig. The name of a thorny tree found in Egypt; prob. Fr. The root ak to be sharp. See Acute. 1. A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates. 2. The inspissated juice of several species of acacia. Synonym: gum acacia, and gum arabic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acacia

abysmally
abysms
abyss
abyssal
abyssal fish
abyssal plain
abyssal zone
abysses
abysslike
abyssomicin
abyssomicins
abyssopelagic
abzyme
abzymes
ac-
acacia gum
acacialike
acacias
acacin
acacine
acad
academe
academes
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academia
academial
academian
academians
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