acacia

Pronunciation: /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia

Etymology

From Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), either from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) (compare ἀκή (akḗ, “point”)) or more likely a Pre-Greek word. First attested before 1398. Doublet of cassie.

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Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
tree
Narrower (hyponyms)
fever tree, shittah, catechu, wattle, huisache

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