| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Having the fruit covered with spines.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb acanthocarpously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (acanthocarpously) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective acanthocarpous.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ACANTHOCARPOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Acanthocarpous \A*can`tho*car"pous\, adjective. [Greek expression thorn fruit.]. (references) |
