Any of numerous plants included or formerly included in the leguminous genus Acacia (subfamily Mimosoideae), which comprises typically thorny…

Any of several tropical acacias, esp. Acacia nilotica (formerly A. arabica), native to North Africa and parts of Asia, which is used as a source…

Any of several kinds of decorative timber with mottled or banded grain; (Australian) the timber of the tall rainforest tree Acacia bakeri (family…

either of two Australian acacias, Acacia binervata, and (now usually) A. mearnsii, which is native to southern Australia but widely grown…

The opopanax tree, Acacia farnesiana. Also popinac tree.

Australian. The common name in Australia for indigenous trees of the genus Acacia. Also with defining word indicating the particular species, as bro…

= giraffe acacia n.

Any of various trees or shrubs having hooked thorns, esp. the blackthorn, Acacia mellifera subsp. detinens, or similar species of the genus Acacia…

Any of various trees or shrubs having hooked thorns, typically spaced in pairs along the branches, esp. (a) (more fully hookthorn acacia) a…

= camel-thorn n. (b) at camel, n. compounds 2.

(a) a leguminous plant (Alhagi camelorum); (b) South African the tree Acacia giraffæ or A. hirtella; camel-tree.

= catechu acacia n.

Australian. The common name in Australia for indigenous trees of the genus Acacia. Also with defining word indicating the particular species, as bro…

North American. A prickly acacia, Acacia farnesiana, of tropical America. Now rare.

Any of various Australian shrubs or trees which are typically found in sandy or coastal regions; spec. (a) a subspecies of wattle, Acacia longifoli…

The acacia.

Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Acacia (family Mimosaceae (Leguminosae)) native to dry inland regions of Australia and often…

(a) a wood of thorns; (b) (thornwood) a South African tree (perhaps Acacia Natalitia, the South African Wattle); also attributive.

Any of several shrubs or small trees of southern Africa having hooked prickles, esp. the densely spiny blackthorn, Acacia mellifera subsp.…

Any plant of other genera of the family Mimosaceae (Leguminosae), esp. the genus Acacia. In later use also (colloquial): the bright yellow…

Any of various trees with irritant or toxic sap or other poisonous attributes: spec. (a) either of two trees of the family Anacardiaceae, Metopium…

South African. More fully Port Jackson willow. Either of two shrubby acacias, Acacia cyanophylla and A. longifolia, introduced to South Africa…

A small flat-topped spiny tree, Acacia seyal, of the family Leguminosæ, native to north-eastern parts of Africa; also, the exudate of this tree…

Australian. The common name in Australia for indigenous trees of the genus Acacia. Also with defining word indicating the particular species, as bro…

Also whitethorn acacia. Any of several acacias having whitish thorns, esp. Acacia constricta and A. seyal.

Acacia latronum, an Indian tree.

Any of several Australian wattles, esp. Acacia rigens and A. loderi (also more fully nelia tree); (also) the wood of such a wattle. Frequently attrib…

(a) One or other of several leguminous trees of the genus Albizzia, native to tropical Asia and Africa. (b) A similar tree belonging to the genus A…

A leguminous shrub with yellow flowers, Acacia farnesiana.

A variety of acacia, Acacia salicina.

(a) any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Hakea (family Proteaceae) having stiff needle-like leaves, esp. H. leucoptera and H. tephros…

one of several Australian acacias that resemble willows in habit or foliage.

One of several eucalypts or acacias that resemble willows in habit or appearance; (see quot. 1965).

A species of Acacia (A. homalophylla). Chiefly attributive.

any of several kinds of wattle of the genus Acacia with needle-like leaves, esp. A. verticillata, A. ulicifolia, and A. pulchella.

Name for several Australian species of Acacia.

More fully opopanax tree. A spiny acacia, Acacia farnesiana, of tropical and subtropical America, with fragrant flowers which yield an essential…

In Australia, any of several plants with prickles or spiny leaves, esp. Acacia colletioides.

A large acacia tree native to southern and eastern Africa, Acacia xanthophloea (or Vachellia xanthophloea), having distinctive greenish-yellow…

name occasionally used for the camel-thorn tree.

the shrub Acacia colletioides, from the difficulty of penetrating a tract covered with it.

Any one of several species of acacia, esp. A. harpophylla. Also attributive.

A species of acacia, Acacia salicina, traditionally burnt by Australian Aboriginal people for its ash; = couba, n.

An Australian tree, Acacia baileyana.

a shrub or small tree, Acacia longifolia.

any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Acacia, esp. A. kempeana, which may be infested by witchetty grubs.

More fully rooikrans tree. A yellow-flowered leguminous shrub, Acacia cyclops, introduced to southern Africa from western Australia as a method of…

= raspberry jam tree n. at raspberry, n. adj.compounds 2.

a small prickly tree, Acacia drepanolobium or A. zanzibarica, found in East Africa.

Chiefly South African. Either of two African acacias, the gum arabic tree, Acacia nilotica and (more commonly) the South African A. mellifera…