acacia

«acacia» in Mova's school dictionary: A tree or shrub with small leaves, often thorns, and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an acacia, acacias)

meaning for a pupil

1) A tree or shrub with small leaves, often thorns, and yellow or white flowers, that grows in warm, dry places such as Africa and Australia. tree →

2) In Australia many acacias are called wattle; golden wattle is the national flower. tree →

sense in the lessons

Seen in science and geography lessons about savannahs and deserts: giraffes eat acacia leaves, and the flat-topped acacia is a picture of the African savannah. In Australia children learn about wattle. Phrases: acacia tree, acacia honey, acacia wood.

examples

• Giraffes stretch their long necks to eat acacia leaves. tree →
• The acacia had sharp thorns. tree →
• In Australia, the golden wattle is a kind of acacia. tree →
• Bees make honey from acacia flowers. tree →
• We sat in the shade of an acacia on the savannah. tree →
• Acacia trees can live in very dry places. tree →
• The acacia-trees now overshadow every part of the island. tree →

note

Pronounced a-KAY-sha (UK, US). Plural: acacias. In Australia and New Zealand the everyday name is wattle. Some trees called "acacia" in Europe are really false acacia (locust tree).

In the corpora

• A giraffe's dark tongue is about 45 to 50 centimetres long and pulls leaves past the thorns of acacia trees.
• and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia-wood;
• And thou shalt make staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold.
• And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia-wood, standing up.
• And thou shalt make bars of acacia-wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «acacia» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.