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noun
1.
a small tree or shrub belonging to the genus Acacia, of the mimosa family, having clusters of small yellow flowers.
2.
any of several other plants, as the locust tree.
Origin:
1535–45; < Latin < Greek akakía Egyptian thorn
1535–45; < Latin < Greek akakía Egyptian thorn
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Acacia
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Collins
World English Dictionary
| acacia (əˈkeɪʃə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | See also wattle any shrub or tree of the tropical and subtropical leguminous genus Acacia, having compound or reduced leaves and small yellow or white flowers in dense inflorescences |
| 2. | false acacia locust another name for locust |
| 3. | gum acacia another name for gum arabic |
| [C16: from Latin, from Greek akakia, perhaps related to akē point] | |
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Word Origin & History
acacia
1540s, from L. acacia, from Gk. akakia "thorny Egyptian tree," probably related to Gk. ake "point, thorn," from PIE base *ak- "sharp" (see acrid). Perhaps a Hellenization of some Egyptian word.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Acacia definition
(Heb. shittim) Ex. 25:5, R.V. probably the Acacia seyal (the gum-arabic tree); called the "shittah" tree (Isa. 41:19). Its wood is called shittim wood (Ex. 26:15,26; 25:10,13,23,28, etc.). This species (A. seyal) is like the hawthorn, a gnarled and thorny tree. It yields the gum-arabic of commerce. It is found in abundance in the Sinaitic peninsula.
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