A sprig of acacia or a longer branch appears in Freemasonry frequently. In the third degree, on the regalia of the Worshipful Master. It is fairly common in most of the mentioned rites and appears in different degrees. Usually there is a connection to the ‘Hiram myth’ and a meaning of immortality as the branch is ever green.
The acacia, […] well-known in the Master’s Degree, is to remind us of the cross of the Savior of the World, because it was made of this wood, of which Palestine is full
Translation of Les Plus Secret Mysteres (1778) by S. Brent Morris and Arturo de Hoyos.
Also see acacia and coffin.
General jewellery design