Acacia

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Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees of Gondwanian origin, belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae.

It has also on occasion been used as the common name, or part of the common name, of other closely related plants, such as some species of Robinia.

Acacia may also refer to:

• Acacia (band), a British pop band from the 1990s
• Acacia (film), a 2003 South Korean horror film
• Acacia: The War with the Mein, a novel by American author David Anthony Durham
• Acacia Avenue, a placeholder name for an English suburban road
• Acacia Fraternity, a social fraternity originally based out of Masonic tradition
• Acacia mangium, a type of tree
• Acacia Prison, a private prison in Western Australia
• Acacia Research, American company
• Gum Acacia, another name for Gum Arabic
• The Acacia Strain, an extreme metal band from Massachusetts
• USCGC ACACIA (WLB-406)
• USS Acacia, a steam-powered tugboat in the service of the United States Navy during the American Civil War

Places

• Acacías, a town and municipality of Meta Department, Colombia
• Las Acacias (Madrid), a ward of Madrid, Spain
• Las Acacias (Montevideo), a ward of Montevideo, Uruguay

See also

• Acacius (disambiguation)

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