acacia

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The glands on the acacia are also frequented by a small species of wasp.

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  1. noun Any of various often spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia in the pea family, having alternate, bipinnately compound leaves or leaves represented by flattened leafstalks and heads or spikes of small flowers.
  2. noun Any of several other leguminous plants, such as the rose acacia.
  3. noun See gum arabic.

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  1. Middle English, from Latin, from Greek akakia.

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  1. = Spanish Portuguese Italian D. acacia = German acacie, from Latin acacia, from Greek ἀκακία, a thorny Egyptian tree, the acacia, apparently reduplicated from *√ ἀκ, seen in ἀκίς, a point, thorn, ἀκή, a point, Latin acutus, sharp, acus, needle, etc.: see acute.
 

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/əˈkeɪʃɪə/
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