genus acacia
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1. large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | rosid dicot genus, |
| definition | : | a genus of dicotyledonous plants (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | acacia, |
| definition | : | any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | shittah, shittah tree, |
| definition | : | source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acacia (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | acacia auriculiformis, black wattle, |
| definition | : | Australian tree that yields tanning materials (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | acacia cambegei, gidgee, stinking wattle, |
| definition | : | scrubby Australian acacia having extremely foul-smelling blossoms (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | acacia catechu, catechu, jerusalem thorn, |
| definition | : | East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | acacia dealbata, mimosa, silver wattle, |
| definition | : | evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | acacia farnesiana, cassie, flame tree, huisache, mimosa bush, scented wattle, sweet acacia, sweet wattle, |
| definition | : | tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | acacia melanoxylon, lightwood, |
| definition | : | tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | acacia pycnantha, golden wattle, |
| definition | : | shrubby Australian tree having clusters of fragrant golden yellow flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | acacia xanthophloea, fever tree, |
| definition | : | African tree supposed to mark healthful regions (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | mimosoideae, subfamily mimosoideae, |
| definition | : | alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae (noun.plant) |
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