Acacia

Table of contents

1 Etymology 1 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Notes 2 Etymology 2 2.1 Noun 2.2 Translations

Etymology 1

Noun

1. (Antiquities): A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors , as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals .

Notes

From the 1913 Webster which does not itself cite cources

Etymology 2

Latin from Greek; originally the name of a thorny tree found in Egypt; probably from the root ak to be sharp. See [[Acute]

Noun

Plural: English Acacias, Latin Acaciæ;

1. A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs in the family Fabaceae. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates .
2. (Medicine): The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic.

Translations

• Dutch: acacia m