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Noun:

  • A member of the genus ''Acanthus'' of herbaceous prickly plants with toothed leaves, (family Acanthaceae, order Scrophulariales) found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India.
  • architecture An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of ''Acanthus spinosus'', and used in the capitals of the Corinthian and composite orders.

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