Acantha Definition
ə-kănthə
noun
A sharp spiny part or structure, such as the spinous process of a vertebra.
American Heritage Medicine
(botany) A prickle.
Wiktionary
(zoology) A spine or prickly fin.
Wiktionary
(anatomy) A spinous process of a vertebra.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Acantha
Noun
Singular:
acantha
Plural:
acanthasOrigin of Acantha
Greek ἄκανθα (akantha, “thorn"), from ἀκή (akÄ“, “thorn") + ἄνθος (anthos, “flower").
From Wiktionary
New Latin from Greek akantha thorn
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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