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
Upstairs, summer sun streams through the glassed-in balcony that bends around the corner of the 380-square-foot living-dining room, framing a panoramic view of low-slung rooftops, branching acacias and a pale sliver of the Pacific beyond.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2022
Umbrella thorn acacias in the African savannah, for example, pump toxins into their leaves when giraffes munch them.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2016
She twisted herself into a kneeling position, getting several bad scratches from the acacias in the process, and pulled the clay pot back.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
