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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 A·can·thus n.; pl. E. Acanthuses , L. Acanthi
 1. Bot. A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech.
 2. Arch. An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.
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