'Acacia' is a word borrowed from Greek 'akakia'. The word entered the English language some time around the 14th century.
acacia [noun] [14th century]
- gum arabic
- any of a large genus (Acacia) of leguminous shrubs and trees of warm regions with leaves pinnate or reduced to phyllo...
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Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Latin, acacia tree, from Greek 'akakia'
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