They have an acacia tree in their front yard. From LearnThat.org.
The thorny acacia is a good property protecting plant. From Wordnik.com. [Boost safety: Security plantings protect homes] Reference
Secondly, then, the acacia is a symbol of INNOCENCE. From Wordnik.com. [The Symbolism of Freemasonry] Reference
You are right, it is called acacia, but it's not a "true" acacia, like mimosas are. From Wordnik.com. [Tree of Mystery] Reference
Where I come fromOdessa,Ukraine these trees are called acacia trees and they fill the wholy city with their head spinning aroma in June. From Wordnik.com. [Tree of Mystery] Reference
Leaves from leguminous (in the same botanical family as beans and peas) trees such as acacia, carob, and alder usually become humus within a year. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference
(Isa 32: 15; 55: 13). shittah -- rather, the "acacia," or Egyptian thorn, from which the gum. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Others will produce gum acacia, which is (a natural gum) sought after for pharmaceutical products, "Hammadi added. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American] Reference
August 7, 2008 at 1:48 am gew lissen tew a band called the acacia strain, das teh kinda mewsik we be maykin, ai lubs it, menee don’t!. From Wordnik.com. [Kitteh law #2 - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
The camels were out in a paddock, where they did not do very well, as there was only one kind of acacia tree upon which they could browse. From Wordnik.com. [Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated,] Reference
Further, you'll read tasting notes on over fifty honey varietals, from the prosaic varieties like clover and alfalfa to the exotics such as acacia and macadamia. From Wordnik.com. [Paper Palate] Reference
It was chopped and collected from sustainable wood sources such as acacia and eucalyptus plantations, taken by boat across the lake, then trucked a short distance to the camp. From Wordnik.com. [Mercy Corps] Reference
Among the trees the acacia and the dum-palm are common. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Through sandy thoroughfares bordered with acacia trees rode hollow-eyed. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
With many fears and a beating heart I at last alighted on an acacia-tree. From Wordnik.com. [The Nursery, May 1873, Vol. XIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest People] Reference
I sowed the seeds of the acacia in my garden, and reared some young plants. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
The walls of the palaces are embowered in eucalyptus, acacia and cypress trees. From Wordnik.com. [The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Achitectural Compositions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition] Reference
By day you'll spot impalas, lions and monkeys living among the acacia thickets. From Wordnik.com. [TIP SHEET] Reference
No. 31562, which was obtained in a yucca and acacia association, had little fat. From Wordnik.com. [Birds from Coahuila, Mexico] Reference
Take of powered extract of liquorice 2 drms, gum acacia 2 drms, hot water 4 oz.; mix. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
His assassins bury him under a heap of ruins, and mark the spot with a branch of acacia. From Wordnik.com. [Alvira, the Heroine of Vesuvius] Reference
The acacia (locust) is the same in Louisiana as in France, much more common, and less streight. From Wordnik.com. [History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing] Reference
A light breeze tossed the acacia-boughs and showed flashes of blue between the quivering sprays. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
Only a few months ago, the acacia groves, savanna grass and mopane scrub ran thick with wildlife. From Wordnik.com. [Death in the Bush] Reference
Goats and camels foraged in parched scrub and low acacia bushes, often wandering across the road. From Wordnik.com. [Oman's desert island] Reference
Monterey pines and cypress, with acacia and a variety of flowering shrubs, are grouped with fine effect. From Wordnik.com. [The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Achitectural Compositions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition] Reference
Immediately outside the window was a large flowering acacia tree, looking delightfully shady and cool after. From Wordnik.com. ['Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany] Reference
In his most treasured one, Mamá sat on their veranda in the shade of an acacia reading A Passage to India, her favorite book. From Wordnik.com. [‘A Handbook to Luck’] Reference
"And, for my part, there are as many holes in my cloak as thorns on that cursed acacia-tree," replied I by way of consolation. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844] Reference
They took in caves filled with ancient fossil relics, watched rhinos and giraffes and enjoyed a lavish picnic in an acacia grove. From Wordnik.com. [Rhinoplasty With Rhinos] Reference
On a certain occasion, as the season had advanced toward the chill of winter, the opulent seigneur made great fires of acacia wood. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
The Thorn Tree was built around an old acacia bearing a message board that every backpacker passing through town simply had to check. From Wordnik.com. [The Future Of Internet Cafes] Reference
There are forests of eucalyptus, or "gum tree," tree ferns, beech, and acacia -- just about the same kinds that one finds in Australia. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
In an hour we reached two tul'hh (acacia or mimosa) trees, from which, I believe, the gum-arabic is obtained, and the stump of a third. From Wordnik.com. [Byeways in Palestine] Reference
Pride is like the beautiful acacia, that carries its head proudly above its neighbor plants, -- forgetting that it, too, like them, has its root in the dirt. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858] Reference
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