Definition of Acacia farnesiana

1. Noun. Tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery.

Exact synonyms: Cassie, Flame Tree, Huisache, Mimosa Bush, Scented Wattle, Sweet Acacia, Sweet Wattle
Group relationships: Genus Acacia
Generic synonyms: Acacia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acacia Farnesiana

Abyssinia
Abyssinian
Abyssinian banana
Abyssinian cat
Abyssinians
Abzu
Ac1-proteinase
Ac2-proteinase
Ac3-proteinase
Ac4-proteinase
Ac5-proteinase
Acacia auriculiformis
Acacia cambegei
Acacia catechu
Acacia dealbata
Acacia farnesiana
Acacia melanoxylon
Acacia pycnantha
Acacia xanthophloea
Academe
Academism
Academy
Academy Award
Academy Awards
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Academy of Sciences
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Acadia
Acadia National Park
Acadian

Literary usage of Acacia farnesiana

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1888)
"... upper small and linear, or reduced to subulate scales: flowers golden yellow, sweet scented (somewhat as in those of acacia farnesiana). ..."

2. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (1901)
"acacia farnesiana, Willd. (A. Indica, Desv.; Mimosa Farnesiana, L. and Blanco.) NOM. VULG.—Aroma, Sp.; Cassie Flower, Eng. USES. ..."

3. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1851)
"Fruit of acacia farnesiana, from Mr. \Villiam Mansell, South Street, Greenwich. NOTICE OF acacia farnesiana. The acacia farnesiana is described by ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1907)
"—According to E. Wildeman acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd., the blossoms of which yield the the oil of " Cassie " of the French perfumers, is found in the ..."

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