Acacia

See also: acacia, acácia, and acàcia

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”), probably from Egyptian.^[1]

Pronunciation

English:
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/, /əˈkeɪ.sjə/
- (US) IPA^(key): /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/

Proper noun

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(sensu lato, superseded) A genus that included all the genera now included in tribe Acacieae.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

Portions of the circumscription of the genus is quite controversial.

Hypernyms

(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

Translations

genus sensu stricto

genus sensu lato

botanical epithet

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Translations to be checked

Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} cây keo

References

Acacia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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.

[AHD-1] Morris, William, ed. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., 1971.

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