Acanthus mollis.

A plant of the genus Acanthus, esp. A. mollis or A. spinosus.

A plant of the genus Acanthus; =bear's breeches n. at bear, n.1 compounds 2b. Obsolete.

Botany. In early use: the Mediterranean plant Acanthus spinosus, the spiny leaves of which (or representations of them) are used decoratively…

Bear's breech, Acanthus. (Sometimes also applied to the cow parsnip (Heracleum Sphondylium.)

= bear's breeches n.

Any plant of the genus Acanthus or (more widely) the family Acanthaceae. Cf. acanthus, n. 1.

an Indian shrub, Justicia adhatoda (family Acanthaceae), whose leaves are used as an expectorant, antispasmodic, etc.

a small herbaceous plant native to tropical America, Ruellia tuberosa (family Acanthaceae), having pale purple, funnel-shaped flowers and seed pods…

A small herbaceous plant native to tropical America, Ruellia tuberosa (family Acanthaceae), having pale purple, funnel-shaped flowers and seed pods…

An erect weed, Ruellia tuberosa (family Acanthaceae), native to the West Indies and northern South America. Also called duppy gun, and (formerly) meno…

Any of numerous flowering plants comprising the genus Ruellia (family Acanthaceae), chiefly native to tropical regions of Asia and the Americas but…

either of two ruellias native to tropical America and cultivated elsewhere as ornamental garden plants for their bright pink or purple…

= many-roots, n.

A herb or subshrub of the genus Strobilanthes, belonging to the family Acanthaceæ, native to tropical Asia, and bearing clusters of blue or white…

Each of several plants formerly placed in a small genus Adelaster but now placed in the genus Fittonia (family Acanthaceae), comprising small…

any plant of the genus Acanthus (family Acanthaceae), esp. A. mollis and A. spinosus, widely cultivated as garden plants for their foliage and…