Acacia
[əˈkeɪʃə]Meaning
Neo-Latin genus of shrubs and trees, from Koine Greek ἀκακία (akakia)
Background Story
Acacia is the Neo-Latin name of a genus of shrubs and trees, borrowed from the Koine Greek ἀκακία (akakia). In antiquity that Greek term described a preparation extracted from Vachellia nilotica, the original type species of the genus.
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