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acanthuses, plural;
  1. A herbaceous plant or shrub with bold flower spikes and spiny decorative leaves, native to Mediterranean regions

  2. A conventionalized representation of an acanthus leaf, used esp. as a decoration for Corinthian column capitals

  1. any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated
  2. Acanthus (plural: acanthus, rarely acanthuses (English) or acanthi (Latin), or feminine form - acantha) is the Latinized form of the Greek acanthos or akanthos. It can also be used as the prefix acantho-, meaning "thorny". ...
  3. Acanthus or Akanthos (Greek: or Modern Greek: Aχανθος) (modern town of Ierissos, also Erisso) was an ancient Greek city on the Athos peninsula. It was located on the north-east side of Akti, on the most eastern peninsula of Chalcidice. ...
  4. Acanthus (Greek: ; in Ptolemy) was an ancient city of Egypt, on the western bank of the Nile, 120 stadia south of Memphis. Its site is located at the modern village of Dashour. It was in the Memphite Nome, and, therefore, in the Heptanomis. ...
  5. Acantha (Greek: Ἀκάνθα, English translation: "thorny") was a minor character in Greek mythology. She was a nymph loved by Apollo, the sun god. In one version of the story, Acantha refused Apollo's advances and scratched his face when he tried to rape her. ...
  6. The acanthus is one of the most common plant forms followed, not necessarily very closely, to make foliage ornament and decoration. ...
  7. Acanthus is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the Roman World, with the highest species diversity in the Mediterranean Basin and Asia. Common names include Acanthus and Bear's breeches. ...
  8. A classical decorative motif based on the leaves of the acanthus plant.
  9. a thistle species very common in the Mediterranean. Its large, jagged leaves, curving in slightly at the tips, have been a favorite ornamental pattern since classical antiquity.
  10. A term used to describe a decorative feature frequently carved on furniture and representing the leaf of the Acanthus spinosus, a motif which was used as far back as Greek and Roman times
  11. A Stylized leaf motif, one of the primary decorative elements of classical architecture. With its origins in Greece, it was adopted by Romans and transmitted into the general classical tradition.
  12. A Mediterranean plant. The leaves are thick, fleshy, and scalloped. A stylization of the acanthus leaf began in Greek and Roman decoration, especially on the Corinthian capital.
  13. Ornament representing stylized form of thick, scallop-edged Acanthus spinosus leaf. Of classical origin, It has been used extensively as carved decoration on furniture.
  14. A Mediterranean plant (Acanthus mollis and Acanthus spinous) whose deeply serrated leaf was stylized by the Greeks and the Romans to become one of the principal ornaments of classical architecture. It identifies a Corinthian capital.
  15. was brother of Acanthis and shared her fate [Lib.Met.7].
  16. A leaf used in classical ornament, particularly on Corinthian capitals (the tops of corinthian columns ); frequently found on furniture as carved decoration or cast bronze ornament, particularly from the French, Louis XVI period or style.
  17. a Mediterranean aromatic plant, the frayed and curled leaves of which were used as a decorative model throughout antiquity (on Corinthian capitals). Forming a recurrent decorative theme of the Romanesque era.
  18. The acanthus is a prickly herb of the Mediterranean region. Its leafs used as a classic design element in textiles, architecture, silverwork,etc. See our Chatelaine - Acanthus.
  19. An herbaceous plant whose stylized leaves have been a common ornamental motif in eastern European decorative arts.
  20. The name given a leaf of the acanthus plant (Acanthus spinosus) introduced as ornamentation in ancient Greek architecture. It has been applied in various modified forms in succeeding styles of architecture. ...
  21. A plant represented in stylised form in Classical and Renaissance ornament, in particular in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite Orders.
  22. A plant whose leaf in stylized form is used to decorate the capital of the Corinthian order, and also to enrich moldings.
  23. A foliate motif much used in medieval art and derived from the depiction of  the acanthus plant.
  24. Ornamental leaves on the Corinthian capital.
  25. a Mediterranean plant with prickly leaves, supposedly the source of foliage-like ornamentation on Corinthian columns.