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Webster 1913 Edition


Acanthaceous

Ac′an-tha′ceous

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Adj.
1.
Armed with prickles, as a plant.
2.
(Bot.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the type.

Webster 1828 Edition


Acanthaceous

ACANTHA'CEOUS

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Adj.
Armed with prickles, as a plant.