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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Acanth

n. Same as Acanthus. [ 1913 Webster ]

Acantha

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; thorn, fr. &unr_; point. See Acute. ] 1. (Bot.) A prickle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A spine or prickly fin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Acanthaceous

a. 1. Armed with prickles, as a plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

Acanthine

a. [ L. acanthinus, Gr. &unr_;, thorny, fr. &unr_;. See Acanthus. ] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus. [ 1913 Webster ]

Acanthocarpous

a. [ Gr. &unr_; thorn + &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) Having the fruit covered with spines. [ 1913 Webster ]

Acanthocephala

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; a spine, thorn + &unr_; head. ] (Zool.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines. [ 1913 Webster ]

Acanthocephalous

a. (Zool.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala. [ 1913 Webster ]

Acanthophis

n. 1. a genus of Australian elapid snakes.
Syn. -- genus Acanthophis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Acanthophorous

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; spine + fe`rein to bear. ] Spine-bearing. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Acanthopodious

a. [ Gr. &unr_; thorn + &unr_;, &unr_;, foot. ] (Bot.) Having spinous petioles. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0)
acanthaceae(n) widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales, Syn. family Acanthaceae, acanthus family
acanthion(n) the craniometric point at the anterior extremity of the intermaxillary suture
acanthisitta(n) a genus of Xenicidae, Syn. genus Acanthisitta
acanthocephala(n) phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms, Syn. phylum Acanthocephala
acanthocephalan(n) any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines, Syn. spiny-headed worm
acanthocereus(n) mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers; tropical America and Caribbean region, Syn. genus Acanthocereus
acanthocybium(n) wahoos, Syn. genus Acanthocybium
acanthocyte(n) an abnormal red blood cell that has thorny projections of protoplasm
acanthocytosis(n) the presence of acanthocytes in the blood stream (as in abetalipoproteinemia)
acanthoid(adj) shaped like a spine or thorn, Syn. spinous, acanthous

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