ACACIA
\ɐkˈe͡ɪʃə], \ɐkˈeɪʃə], \ɐ_k_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə]\
Definitions of ACACIA
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
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A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates.
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The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; - called also gum acacia, and gum arabic.
By Oddity Software
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A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
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A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates.
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The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; - called also gum acacia, and gum arabic.
By Noah Webster.
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Any leguminous woody vine or tree of the genus Acacia, also called locust or wattle. The gums and tanning agents obtained from Acacia are called GUM ARABIC.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A genus of plants of the order Leguminosce, found especially in tropical and subtropical regions.
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Gum arabic, the dried exudation from Acacia senegal and other species of A. The official preparations are the mucilago and the syrupus.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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An extensive genus of elegant tropical trees and shrubs with pinnated leaves. From the juice of one species is produced the gum arabic; and of another, an astringent drug called catechu.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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(Ph. U. S.) Acaciae gummi-a. Catechu, Catechu-a. False, Robinia pseudo-acacia-a. Germanica, see Prunus spinosa-a. Giraffae, see Acaciae gummi-a. Horrida, see Acaciae gummi-a. Indica, Tamarindus-a. Nilotica, see Acaciae gummi-a. Nostras, see Prunus spinosa-a. Senegal, see Senegal, gum-a. Vera, see Acaciae gummi-a. Zeylonica, Haematoxylon Campechianum.
By Robley Dunglison
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A genus of trees furnishing gum arable and catechu.
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Gum arabic, a white transparent gum from bark of Acacia Senegal: demulcent and used as a vehicle.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A genus of the Leguminosae, sub-order Mimoseae.
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Gum arabic. In the U. S. Ph. a dry gummy exudate from A. Senegal and other species. It is used in making mucilage and as a vehicle in pharmacy.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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