| 单词 | acacia tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasacacia tree a. Any of numerous plants included or formerly included in the leguminous genus Acacia (subfamily Mimosoideae), which comprises typically thorny shrubs and trees found esp. in arid regions of Australia and tropical Africa and bearing spikes or clusters of yellow or white flowers, different species of which are used as sources of acacia gum, catechu, and other products (also acacia tree); (formerly also) †the fruit of such a tree, a long, flat pod (obsolete. rare). Also (in form Acacia): the genus itself.The genus Acacia has undergone several revisions in its history, the most recent (in 2005) splitting the members between five genera, with the reclassification of most of the species found outside Australia.Adopted as a genus name in J. Pitton de Tournefort Inst. Rei Herbariæ (1700) I. 605. Valid publication of the genus name: P. Miller Gardeners Dict.: Abridged (ed. 4, 1754) II.catechu, giraffe, hickory, umbrella acacia: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > acacia trees > [noun] acacia1542 babul1696 marblewood1753 black wattle1802 popinac1809 wattlec1810 wattle-treec1810 giraffe tree1815 haakdoring1822 hookthorn1822 kameeldoorn1822 camel-thorn1824 catechu-tree1829 silver wattle1832 blackthorn1833 thorny acacia1834 boobyalla1835 seyal1844 mulga1848 thorn-wood1850 hackthorn1857 mimosa1857 poison tree1857 Port Jackson1857 talha1857 golden wattle1859 whitethorn acacia1860 buffalo thorn1866 nelia1867 siris1874 cassie1876 couba1878 needlebush1884 sallow wattle1884 sally1884 giddea1885 prickly Moses1887 yarran1888 opopanax tree1889 wait-a-while1889 fever tree1893 giraffe acacia1896 stay-a-while1898 brigalow1901 wirra1904 cootamundra1909 Sydney golden wattle1909 witchetty bush1911 rooikrans1917 jam-tree1934 whistling thorn1949 blackthorn1966 1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca at Spina Aegyptia By..Agricola supposed to be that, which of some apothecaries, is called Sucalia, or Bedegnar. alsoo that it is the tree whereof commeth the fruite callyd Acacia. 1543 B. Traheron Interpr. Straunge Wordes in tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. sig. ζζ/1 Acacia is a thornie tree growyng in Egipt. 1665 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια (ed. 2) 61 Succiferous, or Juice yielding; as the Ammoniacktree Metopion. Acacia. Mannatree. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 17 He raised several Acacias, which are very prickly. 1778 T. Jefferson Garden Bk. (1999) 77 Bought two Aegyptian Acacias (Mimosa Nilotica). 1816 H. G. Knight Eastern Sketches (1830) Pref. 36 Tamarisk bushes, stunted acacia trees,..complete the produce of the choicest spots in the Deserts [of Arabia]. 1851 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 77 4573 The genus Acacia, as now restricted, still contains about 400 described species. 1912 W. H. Lang tr. Strasburger's Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 4) 618 Numerous species of the genus Acacia are distributed through the tropics and sub-tropics of the old and new worlds. 1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 21/2 The underbrush was thick and composed principally of acacia shoots, on the wicked thorns of which Robert caught his clothes. 1981 E. Jolley Newspaper Claremont St. (1987) iii. 29 The yellow-flowered acacias and other flowering trees made curtains between the graves. 2007 N.Y. Times 4 Nov. (T: Style Mag.) 60 Harvested from the acacia tree, the wattleseed can be eaten fresh or dried and milled into flour for bread. < as lemmas |
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