different between mimosa vs acacia

English

Etymology

From New Latin mimosa, from Latin mimus (“mime”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m??m??.s?/, /m??m??.z?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /m??mo?.s?/
• Rhymes: -??s?, -??z?

Noun

mimosa (plural mimosas or mimosae)

1. (botany) A plant belonging to the genus Mimosa usually found in tropical climates, their leaves are usually prickly and sensitive to touch or light, and have small white or pink flowers.
2. Albizia species (silk tree, pink siris).
3. Acacia species.
4. A cocktail consisting of half champagne and half orange juice.

Translations

See also

• mimosa salad
• mimophant

Anagrams

• Maoism

Finnish

Noun

mimosa

1. Misspelling of mimoosa.

Usage notes

• Mimosa is used as Finnish female given name.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.mo.za/

Noun

mimosa m (plural mimosas)

1. mimosa

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi?mo.za/

Noun

mimosa f (plural mimose)

1. mimosa (plant and tree)

Anagrams

• sommai

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi?m?.z?/
• Hyphenation: mi?mo?sa

Noun

mimosa f (plural mimosas)

1. (botany) mimosa (any plant belonging to the genus Mimosa)
2. mandarin (fruit)
3. tangerine (variety of the mandarin orange)

Synonyms

• (mandarin): tangerina (widespread form) plus several regional synonyms in Brazil:
  • bergamota, vergamota, (South Brazil)
  • laranja-cravo (Northeast Brazil)
  • laranja-mimosa, mandarina, mexerica (Center-West and Southeast Brazil)
  • poncã (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, South Brazil)
  • tanja (Maranhão, Piauí)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi?mosa/, [mi?mo.sa]

Adjective

mimosa

1. feminine singular of mimoso

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.