acanthus
Meaning of acanthus
noun
a herbaceous plant or shrub with bold flower spikes and spiny decorative leaves, found in warm regions of the Old World.
mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek akanthos, from akantha ‘thorn’, from akē ‘sharp point’.
Information about acanthus
- It is a name.
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Hyphenation of acanthus
acan-thus
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- acanthus is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of acanthus
Anagrams of acanthus
Words that rhyme with acanthus
thus, Apathus, Archaeocyathus, Compsognathus, Cynognathus, Jarlathus, Leiognathus, Linognathus, Perognathus, Siphonognathus, Syngnathus, agnathus, aspalathus, calathus, compsognathus, cyathus, desmiognathus, desmograthus, dignathus, erignathus, hypognathus, myognathus, orthognathus, paragnathus, perognathus, plesiognathus, polygnathus, rhadamnathus, syngnathus, Jedthus, Zethus, erichthus, ichthus, Otolithus, tropholecithus, Balthus, Malthus, malthus, Aeschynanthus, Agapanthus, Ailanthus, Amaranthus, Anoplanthus, Anthus, Bryanthus, Caanthus, Calycanthus, Canthus, Centranthus, Cephalacanthus