Acacia (disambiguation)
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Acacia
Acacia
Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae, first described in Africa by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773. Many non-Australian species tend to be thorny, whereas the majority of Australian acacias are not...

is a genus of shrubs and trees of Gondwanian origin, belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae.

It has also on occasion been used as the common name, or part of the common name, of other closely related plants, such as some species of Robinia
Robinia
Robinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae, native to North America and northern Mexico. Commonly known as "locusts", they are deciduous trees and shrubs growing 4-25 m tall. The leaves are pinnate with 7-21 oval leaflets. The flowers are white or pink, in...

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Acacia may also refer to:
  • Acacia (band)
    Acacia (band)
    Acacia was a multi-cultural British experimental pop band active during the mid-1990s. The band is most notable for helping to launch the subsequent musical careers of several of its members, most notably keyboard player/producer Guy Sigsworth, singer Alexander "Blackmoth" Nilere and associate...

    , a British pop band from the 1990s
  • Acacia (film)
    Acacia (film)
    Acacia is a 2003 South Korean horror film, directed by Park Ki-hyeong and starring Shim Hye-jin and Kim Jin-geun. A rerelease in 2011 changed the title to 'Root of Evil'.- Plot :...

    , a 2003 South Korean horror film
  • Acacia: The War with the Mein
    Acacia: The War with the Mein
    Acacia: The War with the Mein is a 2007 novel by American author David Anthony Durham. It marks his first foray into epic fantasy, although the novel shares some characteristics of his other works such as the historical novel, Pride of Carthage....

    , a novel by American author David Anthony Durham
  • Acacia Avenue
    Acacia Avenue
    Acacia Avenue is a cliché within British culture—a metaphor for an average middle-class suburban street.There are at least sixty Acacia Avenues in the United Kingdom, nine of them within Greater London.- Cultural references :...

    , a placeholder name for an English suburban road
  • Acacia Fraternity
    Acacia Fraternity
    Acacia Fraternity is a Greek social fraternity originally based out of Masonic tradition. At its founding in 1904, membership was originally restricted to those who had taken the Masonic obligations, and the organization was built on those ideals and principles. Within one year, four other Masonic...

    , a social fraternity originally based out of Masonic tradition
  • Acacia mangium
    Acacia mangium
    Acacia mangium is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to northeastern Queensland in Australia, the Western Province of Papua New Guinea, Papua, and the eastern Maluku Islands. Common names include Black Wattle, Hickory Wattle and Mangium...

    , a type of tree
  • Acacia Prison
    Acacia Prison
    Acacia Prison is a medium security prison facility located in Wooroloo, Western Australia. The prison was opened in May 2001.Acacia was the first privately managed prison in Western Australia and was managed by Australian Integration Management Services Corporation for its first five years of...

    , a private prison in Western Australia
  • Acacia Research, American company
  • Gum Acacia, another name for Gum Arabic
    Gum arabic
    220px|thumb|right|Acacia gumGum arabic, also known as acacia gum, chaar gund, char goond, or meska, is a natural gum made of hardened sap taken from two species of the acacia tree; Acacia senegal and Acacia seyal...

  • The Acacia Strain
    The Acacia Strain
    The Acacia Strain is an American deathcore band from Chicopee, Massachusetts. Originally founded in 2001, the band itself has undergone numerous changes in the member line-up...

    , an extreme metal band from Massachusetts
  • USCGC ACACIA (WLB-406)
    USCGC Acacia (WLB-406)
    The USCGC Acacia was second to the last of a fleet of 39 similar 180-foot seagoing buoy tenders completed during World War II. The Acacia was named after the United States Lighthouse Service ship Acacia, the only Lighthouse Service vessel sunk during World War II...

  • USS Acacia, a steam-powered tugboat in the service of the United States Navy during the American Civil War

Places

  • Acacías, a town and municipality of Meta Department, Colombia
  • Las Acacias (Madrid)
    Las Acacias (Madrid)
    Las Acacias is a ward of Madrid belonging to the district of Arganzuela. Its code number is 22 and, as of 2006, its population was of 37,727.-Geography:...

    , a ward of Madrid, Spain
  • Las Acacias (Montevideo)
    Las Acacias
    Las Acacias is a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay....

    , a ward of Montevideo, Uruguay
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