English > genus Acacia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | 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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| Member of | Mimosoideae, subfamily Mimosoideae | Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae |
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| Members | acacia | Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia |
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| black wattle, Acacia auriculiformis | Australian tree that yields tanning materials |
| catechu, Jerusalem thorn, Acacia catechu | East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods |
| fever tree, Acacia xanthophloea | African tree supposed to mark healthful regions |
| gidgee, stinking wattle, Acacia cambegei | scrubby Australian acacia having extremely foul-smelling blossoms |
| golden wattle, Acacia pycnantha | shrubby Australian tree having clusters of fragrant golden yellow flowers |
| huisache, cassie, mimosa bush, sweet wattle, sweet acacia, scented wattle, flame tree, Acacia farnesiana | Tropical American thorny shrub or small tree |
| lightwood, Acacia melanoxylon | tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber |
| shittah, shittah tree | Source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible |
| silver wattle, mimosa, Acacia dealbata | evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young / young leaves and yellow flowers |
| Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
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| Spanish | genus acacia |
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| Catalan | genus acacia |
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