acacia : Idioms & Phrases

• noun Australian tree that yields tanning materials
  black wattle.
  

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• noun scrubby Australian acacia having extremely foul-smelling blossoms
  gidgee; stinking wattle.
  

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• noun East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu
  catechu; Jerusalem thorn.
  

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• noun evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers
  mimosa; silver wattle.
  

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• noun tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery
  mimosa bush; flame tree; Acacia farnesiana; scented wattle; huisache; sweet wattle; cassie.
  

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• noun tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber
  lightwood.
  

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• noun shrubby Australian tree having clusters of fragrant golden yellow flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental
  golden wattle.
  

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• noun African tree supposed to mark healthful regions
  fever tree.
  

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• noun large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa
  

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• noun gum from an acacia tree; used as a thickener (especially in candies and pharmaceuticals)
  gum arabic.
  

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• noun large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems and large clusters of pink flowers
  moss locust; Robinia hispida; bristly locust.
  

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• (Bot.), a low American leguminous shrub (Robinia hispida) with handsome clusters of rose-colored blossoms.

Webster 1913

• noun tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery
  mimosa bush; flame tree; Acacia farnesiana; scented wattle; huisache; sweet wattle; cassie.
  

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