Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. · The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica, Egyptian acacia). · A false acacia; robinia tree (Robinia pseudoacacia). · Gum arabic; gum acacia.
From Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), either from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) (compare ἀκή (akḗ, “point”)) or more likely a Pre-Greek word. First attested before 1398. Doublet of cassie.
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"The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica, Egyptian acacia).",
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"Gum arabic; gum acacia."
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