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"Acanthus" Definition

noun

Architecture A design patterned after the leaves of one of these plants, used especially on the capitals of Corinthian columns.

Source: American Heritage Dictionary

Any of a genus ( of the family Acanthaceae, the acanthus family) of prickly perennial herbs chiefly of the Mediterranean region.

Source: Merriam-Webster

An ornamentation (as in a Corinthian capital) representing or suggesting the leaves of the acanthus.

Source: Merriam-Webster

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