Acanthus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos), from ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”),[1] from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”).[2]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthaceae – prickly herbs that grow in the Mediterranean; the acanthuses.
Hypernyms edit
- (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; Acanthoideae - subfamily; Acantheae - tribe
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Acanthus balcanicus, Acanthus dioscoridis, Acanthus ebracteatus, Acanthus eminens, Acanthus hirsutus, Acanthus ilicifolius, Acanthus mollis, Acanthus montanus, Acanthus polystachyus, Acanthus spinosus, Acanthus syriacus - selected species
References edit
- Acanthus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Acanthus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Acanthus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Acanthus at USDA Plants database
- Acanthus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Acanthus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Acanthus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Acantheae at APWeb
- Acanthus at The Plant List
- ^ 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.