noun
widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
• Syn: ↑family Acanthaceae, ↑acanthus family
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Polemoniales, ↑order Polemoniales
• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Acanthus, ↑Graptophyllum, ↑genus Graptophyllum, ↑Thunbergia, ↑genus Thunbergia
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Acanthāˈceae /ak-/ plural noun
The acanthus family, related to the figworts
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Main Entry: ↑acanthus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.