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GENUS ACACIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Acacia" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Acacia"):
acacia (any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia)
shittah; shittah tree (source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acacia)
Acacia auriculiformis; black wattle (Australian tree that yields tanning materials)
Acacia cambegei; gidgee; stinking wattle (scrubby Australian acacia having extremely foul-smelling blossoms)
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 dealbata; mimosa; silver wattle (evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers)
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 melanoxylon; lightwood (tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber)
Acacia pycnantha; golden wattle (shrubby Australian tree having clusters of fragrant golden yellow flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental)
Acacia xanthophloea; fever tree (African tree supposed to mark healthful regions)
Holonyms ("genus Acacia" is a member of...):
Mimosoideae; subfamily Mimosoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae)
