different between acacia vs teak

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??ke?.??/, /??ke?.sj?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??ke?.??/
• Rhymes: -e???

Etymology 1

• First attested before 1398.
• From Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ?????? (akakía, “shittah tree”), from ??? (ak?, “point”), probably from Egyptian.

Noun

acacia (countable and uncountable, plural acacias or acaciae)

1. (countable) A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
   • 1997, Kenneth M. Old, Ian A. Hood, Zi Qing Yuan, Diseases of Tropical Acacias in Northern Queensland, K. M. Old, Su Lee See, J. K. Sharma (editors), Diseases of Tropical Acacias: Proceedings of an International Workshop held at Subanjeriji (South Sumatra) 28 April - 2 May 1996, page 1,

     The latter species was collected only once in this survey on A. flavescens but is widespread on both tropical and temperate acacias in Australia.

2. (uncountable, pharmacy) The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica), the Egyptian acacia. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
3. A false acacia; robinia tree, Robinia pseudoacacia. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]
4. (uncountable) Gum arabic; gum acacia. [First attested in the early 19th century.]
5. (loosely) Any of several related trees, such as the locust tree.
6. A light to moderate greenish yellow with a hint of red.

Synonyms

• (shrub or tree of the genus Acacia): wattle (Australian varieties), thorntree, whistling thorn
• (inspissated juice of several species of Acacia): gum acacia, gum arabic

Translations

See also

• false acacia
• gum acacia

References

• acacia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

acacia (plural acacias)

1. (historical, classical studies) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ?????? (akakía). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??ka?.si.a?/
• Hyphenation: aca?cia

Noun

acacia m (plural acacia's, diminutive acaciaatje n)

1. (botany) A shrub or tree of a species that belongs to the genus Acacia, is believed to belong to this genus, or once belonged to the genus. In practice it will refer to Robinia pseudoacacia.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ka.sja/

Noun

acacia m (plural acacias)

1. acacia

Descendants

• ? Moore: kas?ya

Further reading

• “acacia” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ac?cia, from Ancient Greek ?????? (akakía, “shittah tree”), from ??? (ak?, “point”). Doublet of gaggia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?ka.t??a/
• Hyphenation: a?cà?cia

Noun

acacia f (plural acacie)

1. acacia (shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae), particularly:
   1. silver wattle (Acacia dealbata)
   2. Mount Morgan wattle (Acacia podalyriifolia)
2. sweet acacia (Vachellia farnesiana)

   Synonym: gaggia

3. black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)

   Synonym: robinia

References

• acacia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (akakía), from ??? (ak?, “point”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?ka.ki.a/, [ä?käkiä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?ka.t??i.a/, [??k??t??i?]

Noun

acacia f (genitive acaciae); first declension

1. the gum arabic tree (Vachellia nilotica, syn. Acacia nilotica).
2. the juice or gum of this plant.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? Dutch: acacia
• ? English: acacia
• ? French: acacia
  • ? Moore: kas?ya
• ? Italian: acacia
• ? Portuguese: acácia
• ? Romanian: acacia
• ? Spanish: acacia

References

• acacia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acacia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin acacia or French acacia.

Noun

acacia

1. shrubs or trees of the genus Acacia

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ?????? (akakía) "a thorny Egyptian tree", from ??? (ak?) "point, thorn".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /a?ka?ja/, [a?ka.?ja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /a?kasja/, [a?ka.sja]
• Rhymes: -a?ja

Noun

acacia f (plural acacias)

1. acacia

Further reading

• “acacia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• teek

Etymology

From Portuguese teca, from Malayalam ??????? (t?kk??) or Tamil ?????? (t?kku).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti?k/
• Rhymes: -i?k

Noun

teak (usually uncountable, plural teaks)

1. (uncountable, countable) An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.).
2. (countable) A tree of the species in the genus Tectona
3. (uncountable) A yellowish brown colour, like that of teak wood.

Derived terms

• teaky
• tough as teak

Translations

Adjective

teak (not comparable)

1. Of a yellowish brown colour, like that of teak wood.

Translations

See also

• afrormosia
• iroko
• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• Kate, kate, keta, take

Basque

Noun

teak

1. absolutive plural of te
2. ergative singular of te

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

teak n (plural teaks)

1. teak

Derived terms

• teakhout

Anagrams

• akte

Finnish

Noun

teak

1. teak (timber or tree)

Declension

Synonyms

• tiikki (recommendable)

Anagrams

• ekat, kate, keat