acacia

1. 1.

   any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia

   Broadertree

   Narrowershittahwattlecatechuhuisachefever tree

   Part ofgenus Acacia

Other forms of acacia

plural

acacias·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about acacia

What does acacia mean?

acacia means "any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia".

How many syllables are in acacia?

acacia has 3 syllables: a-ca-cia. The stress falls on "ca". In IPA it is /əˈkeɪʃə/.

Is acacia a common word?

acacia is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.