acanthi in English

noun
1
a herbaceous plant or shrub with bold flower spikes and spiny decorative leaves, native to Mediterranean regions.
Then our patch: some of it is paved, there is a frog pond, a fig tree, acanthus , bamboo and cranesbill.
2
a conventionalized representation of an acanthus leaf, used especially as a decoration for Corinthian column capitals.
The architectural ornament is of that easy and delectable kind which mimics nature: the acanthus leaves of Corinthian capitals, garlands and trophies in the manner of Wren and Grinling Gibbons.

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1. Acalyculate acamarian acamprosate acanaloniid acanaloniid planthoppers acantha acanthaceous acanthads acanthamebiasis Acanthamoeba Acanthamoeba keratitis acanthamoebiasis acanthamoebosis acanthi acanthite acanthocephalans acanthocephales acanthocephaliasis:

2. Acinuni acarari acanthi abomasi abbassi abaculi abacaxi Morenci Mondovi Merrili Malachi Lorelei Liguori Kalindi Kahului Hanalei Gruetli Giavani Dimitri Demetri Christi Brittni Bemidji Belzoni Ambrosi Adelphi

3. Acanthus (plural Acanthuses or acanthi) A member of the genus Acanthus of herbaceous prickly plants with toothed leaves, (family Acanthaceae, order Lamiales (formerly Scrophulariales)) found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India

4. As has been shown by tests involving species and sub-species of the Aphis fabae group in a proper and a broad sense, the “Black Aphids” present onTulipa spec. in the field are the polyphageous and subheteroeciousAphis fabae, A. acanthi, andA. evonymi as well as some sub-species of theAphis fabae group in a proper sense.