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SWEET ACACIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery
Synonyms:
Acacia farnesiana; cassie; flame tree; huisache; mimosa bush; scented wattle; sweet acacia; sweet wattle
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sweet acacia" is a kind of...):
acacia (any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia)
Holonyms ("sweet acacia" is a member of...):
genus Acacia (large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa)