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/əˈkāSHə/,
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acacias, plural;
  1. A tree or shrub of warm climates that bears spikes or clusters of yellow or white flowers and is frequently thorny

  1. any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia
  2. Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae, first described in Africa by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773. Many non-Australian species tend to be thorny, whereas the majority of Australian Acacias are not. ...
  3. Acacia was a multi-cultural British experimental pop band active during the 1990s. The band is most notable for helping to launch the subsequent musical careers of several of its members. ...
  4. Acacia is a 2003 South Korean horror film, directed by Park Ki-hyeong and starring Shim Hye-jin and Kim Jin-geun.
  5. The Acacian schism between the Eastern and Western Christian Churches lasted thirty-five years, from 484-519. It resulted from a drift in the leaders of Eastern Christianity toward Monophysitism, and Emperor Zeno's unsuccessful attempt to reconcile the parties with the Henotikon.
  6. The Acacians, also known as the Homoeans, were an Arian sect which first emerged into distinctness as an ecclesiastical party some time before the convocation of the joint synods of Ariminum (Rimini) and Seleucia Isauria in 359. ...
  7. (Acacías) Acacias is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia.
  8. A shrub or tree of the genus Acacia, or from a species formerly classified in this genus, or believed to belong to the genus; The inspissated juice of several species of Acacia; The wattle tree
  9. Shrubs or small trees often associated with symbiotic nitrogen fixation. An important part of the woodlands are of the Serengeti, found in the wetter northern and western areas. Susceptible to being knocked down by elephants.
  10. a tree with yellow or white flowers which produces a sticky gum used in cosmetic manufacture
  11. a large shrub or tree with thorns found in warm regions
  12. A hard, dense wood with dark brown to dark-reddish brown active grain. It is usually finished with a high polish to bring out the beautiful coloring.
  13. Concealed love, chaste love. Beauty in retirement. Platonic love.
  14. Trees of genus Acacia similar to locust trees. Some Australian and Sandwich Islands varieties produce beautiful veneers in a wide range of colors from yellow, red and green.
  15. Forest that grows in where mature rainforest is cleared for pasture and then abandoned
  16. Refers to Acacia Archive, and the rather marvellous Sonja Blue, who runs it. Check links.
  17. Acacia vera. Acacia senegal. Gum Arabic. Egyptian Thorn. Catechu (from the Latin Acacia catechu, which is interchangeable with acacia). ...
  18. Symbol of immortality and incorruptibility.
  19. Mixture, Mistura Acaciae of the British Pharmacopoeia Codex, is made from Gum Acacia (6 in 100) with syrup and diluted orange-flower water, employed as a demulcent in cough syrups and linctures.