Acacia
Acacia (/əˈkeɪʃə/ or /əˈkeɪsiə/) is a monophyletic genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, commonly known as thorn trees or shittah trees. The genus name is derived via Latin from ancient Greek ακακία (akakia). It was the name used by Theophrastus and Dioscorides to denote thorn trees, the word root being ἀκίς (akis) or ἀκή (akḗ), meaning "thorn" and "point" respectively. Before discovery of the New World, Europeans in the Mediterranean region were familiar with several species of Acacia, which they knew as sources of medicine, and had names for them that they inherited from the Greeks and Romans.
The wide-ranging genus occurs in a variety of open, tropical to subtropical habitats, and is locally dominant. In parts of Africa, Acacias are shaped progressively by grazing animals of increasing size and height, such as gazelle, gerenuk and giraffe. The genus in Africa has thus developed thorns in defence against such herbivory. They belong to the subfamily Mimosoideae, the major clades of which may have formed in response to drying trends and fire regimes that accompanied increased seasonality during the late Oligocene to early Miocene (∼25 mya). Pedley (1978), following Vassal (1972), viewed Acacia as comprising three large subgenera, but subsequently (1986) raised the rank of these groups to genera Acacia, Senegalia (s.l.) and Racosperma, which was underpinned by later genetic studies. The International Code of Nomenclature provides that under the rules, if Acacia is dismantled, then the name Acacia follows the type.
Acacia (disambiguation)
Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees of Gondwanian origin, belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae. (Not to be confused with akasha.)
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)
Acacia was a multi-cultural British experimental pop band active during the mid-1990s. The band is most notable for helping to launch the subsequent musical careers of several of its members, most notably keyboard player/producer Guy Sigsworth, singer Alexander "Blackmoth" Nilere and associate vocalist Imogen Heap (later a solo artist, half of Frou Frou and a collaborator with Urban Species and Jeff Beck). Though never commercially successful, Acacia attracted a good deal of underground attention during their existence and were notable for their eclectic musical approach and for Nilere's unorthodox, polysexual image.
Other musicians who played with Acacia were drummer Eshan Khadaroo (Cirque Du Soleil, Blue Man Group, Psapp, Bow Wow Wow), guitarists Luca Ramelli and Maurizio Anzalone, and percussionist/world instrument player Ansuman Biswas (better known as a performance poet). Talvin Singh was also a member during the early days of the group.
The band should not be confused with the Detroit-based techno artist Acacia a.k.a. Kelli Hand.
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- Vintage Christmas released: 2011
Vintage Christmas
Released 2011- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
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- Cradle released: 1997
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by: WeeksWell I met the man who killed my mother
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No they were not marks of stigmata lord
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Well they say he forgot his children lord
He might remember us again someday
I blame the devil
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He took her mind as the shotgun blew
A year later my grandfather followed her
He’d had enough and shot himself too
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Oh, but he was only seventeen
I saw him laying in a cushioned coffin lord
It wasn’t him staring back at me
I blame the devil, what else could it be
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Don’t call me depressed, don’t call me sad
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Oh well we were never young it’s true
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What the hell are we supposed to do
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In a new family she will stay
And it’s true that my mother’s a sinner lord
She let another family fade away
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