🔤 Acanthus ✨
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ENGLISH
📚noun
acanthus
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PRONUNCIATION
Standard: əkæn.θəs
Phonetic: əkæn.θəs
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DEFINITION
A member of the genus Acanthus of herbaceous prickly plants with toothed leaves, (family Acanthaceae, order Scrophulariales) found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India.
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Visitors to the British galleries can climb the stairs, with their intricate carvings of acanthus foliage, oak leaves and other vegetation, to inspect a new mezzanine area.
—Peter Saenger, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2020
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