Acanthus
Translingual
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos), from ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”)[1], from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”).[2]
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Acanthus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthaceae – prickly herbs that grow in the Mediterranean; the acanthuses.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Acanthaceae - family; Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. - subfamily; Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. - tribe
Hyponyms
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References
Acanthus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Acanthus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Acanthus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Acanthus at USDA Plants database
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- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Acanthus”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.