Acacia
Translingual
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”), probably from Egyptian.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Acacia f
- (sensu stricto) A taxonomic genus within the family Leguminosae – mostly thornless Australasian shrubs and trees, called acacias or wattles. [2000—]
- (sensu lato, superseded) A genus that included all the genera now included in tribe Acacieae.
- An epithet in a botanical name at the rank between species and genus, a name which applies to a section of the genus Acacia.
Usage notes
[edit]- Portions of the circumscription of the genus is quite controversial.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus, sensu stricto): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Fabales – order; Fabaceae – family; Mimosoideae - subfamily; Acacieae - tribe
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus, sensu stricto): Acacia penninervis (blackwood, hickory wattle, mountain hickory) - type species
- Acacia anarthros - selected species; for more see
List of Acacia species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Acacia anarthros - selected species; for more see
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (genus sensu stricto): Faidherbia, Vachellia, Senegalia, Acaciella, Mariosousa - genera (in Acacieae)
Derived terms
[edit]- Acaciella
- Pseudacacia
- Acacia propinqua (syn. of Albizia saman)
Translations
[edit]genus sensu stricto
genus sensu lato
botanical epithet
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References
[edit]Acacia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Acacia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- ^ Morris, William, ed. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., 1971.