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Acacia name meaning
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Meaning and Origin
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Origin and Meaning of Acacia
User Submitted Origins
Greek
91%
English
9%
User Submitted Meanings
- According to a user from the United States, the name Acacia is of Greek origin and means "Thorny Tree".
- According to a user from California, U.S., the name Acacia means "A type of tree".
- A user from Virginia, U.S. says the name Acacia means "Tree".
- A user from Idaho, U.S. says the name Acacia means "Thorny".
- A user from Washington, U.S. says the name Acacia means "Pointed".
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun A*ca"ci*a
A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
noun A*ca"cia
Senses
- A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates.
- [Med] The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic.
Etymology: L. from Gr. �; orig. the name of a thorny tree found in Egypt; prob. fr. the root ak to be sharp. See Acute
Other Dictionary Sources
- Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia
Wiktionary
From Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”), probably from Egyptian.
- (sensu stricto) A taxonomic genus within the family Leguminosae – mostly thornless Australasian shrubs and trees. [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- (sensu lato, superseded) A genus that included all the genera now included in tribe Acacieae.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.