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(ə·k ā ′shə) noun
1. Any of a large genus (Acacia) of flowering trees and shrubs of the bean family found in the tropics and warm temperate regions, especially the green wattle acacia (A. decurrens) of Australia.
2. The common locust tree.
3. Gum arabic or gummy exudation of certain acacias. [<L <Gk. akakia a thorny tree of Egypt < akē point]
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