| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Armed with prickles, as a plant.[Websters]
2. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the type.[Websters] 3. Being spiny, prickly or thorny. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb acanthaceously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (acanthaceously) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective acanthaceous.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ACANTHACEOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ACANTHACEOUS
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Armed with prickles, as a plant.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] (botany): Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the type. (references) | 2: [Adjective] Armed with prickles, as a plant. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
