genus Acacia

noun

large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Mimosoideae, ↑subfamily Mimosoideae

• Member Meronyms:

↑acacia, ↑shittah, ↑shittah tree, ↑black wattle, ↑Acacia auriculiformis, ↑gidgee, ↑stinking wattle, ↑Acacia cambegei, ↑catechu, ↑Jerusalem thorn, ↑Acacia catechu, ↑silver wattle, ↑mimosa, ↑Acacia dealbata, ↑huisache, ↑cassie, ↑mimosa bush, ↑sweet wattle, ↑sweet acacia, ↑scented wattle, ↑flame tree, ↑Acacia farnesiana, ↑lightwood, ↑Acacia melanoxylon, ↑golden wattle, ↑Acacia pycnantha, ↑fever tree, ↑Acacia xanthophloea