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ACACIA

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Meaning:

Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("acacia" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Meronyms (substance of "acacia"):

gum acacia; gum arabic (gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acacia"):

shittah; shittah tree (source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acacia)

wattle (any of various Australasian trees yielding slender poles suitable for wattle)

Acacia catechu; catechu; Jerusalem thorn (East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu)

Acacia farnesiana; cassie; flame tree; huisache; mimosa bush; scented wattle; sweet acacia; sweet wattle (tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery)

Acacia xanthophloea; fever tree (African tree supposed to mark healthful regions)

Holonyms ("acacia" is a member of...):

genus Acacia (large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa)

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