ACANTHUS
\ɐkˈanθəs], \ɐkˈanθəs], \ɐ_k_ˈa_n_θ_ə_s]\
Definitions of ACANTHUS
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech.
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An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.
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A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech.
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An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (spinosus); - used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A prickly plant, called bear's breech or brankursine: (arch.) an ornament resembling its leaves used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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