acacia
noun
a small tree or shrub belonging to the genus Acacia, of the mimosa family, having clusters of small yellow flowers.
acacias
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pluralof acacia.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Efforts to replant acacias are underway, Tayeb of the Khartoum forestry administration said, but seedlings grow slowly and can take years to mature.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
Pierce’s former Ph.D. student Zhengyang Wang, now a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, and the other field technicians noticed they could predict which acacias one ant species lived in before even touching the tree.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 29, 2024
In those 15 million acres, how many colonies of rare orchids or sundews or acacias have been consumed forever?
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2020
Even wispy acacias are hacked away for use in cooking fires to feed growing families.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2018
There were high walls on either side, with the tops of palms and acacias showing above them.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
