acanthn.

Brit.

/əˈkanθ/, U.S.

/əˈkænθ/

Forms: 1600s–1700s acante, 1800s– acanth.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French acanthe; Latin acanthus.

Etymology: < French acanthe and its etymon classical Latin acanthus acanthus n.

Now rare.

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

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Acanthaceae (acanthus) > [noun]

sea-docka1400

bear's footc1400

bear claw1543

acanthus1551

brank-ursine1551

bear's breech1565

acanth1648

Malabar nut1694

spirit-leaf1696

spirit weed1699

snap-tree?1711

many-roots1750

ruellia1751

Christmas pride1756

menow weed1756

strobilanthes1836

adelaster1863

bear's breeches1882

1648 B. Gerbier Interpreter Acad. Forrain Langs. i. 174 A daughter had caused a basket with store of houshold things to be braught at her Tombe, about which basket in proces of time was grone Acante-leaves.

1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 5 The Corinthian Heads to represent a Basket with Acante Leaves.

1701 Philos. Trans. 1700–1 (Royal Soc.) 22 910 That which the botanists term Acante or Branch Vrsine.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 6 The genuine acanths, formerly called Brancursines, are emollient.

1894 Nature 4 Oct. 550/1 Another conspicuous plant is an Acanth with handsome red spikes of flowers and very large prickly leaves.

1972 Audubon Nov. 11/1 Silver deadwood is entwined by a climbing acanth with blossoms of light lavender.

1984 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 71 105/1 Most acanth genera are restricted to one continent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	acanth
释义	acanthn. Brit. /əˈkanθ/, U.S. /əˈkænθ/ Forms: 1600s–1700s acante, 1800s– acanth. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French acanthe; Latin acanthus. Etymology: < French acanthe and its etymon classical Latin acanthus acanthus n. Now rare. Any plant of the genus Acanthus or (more widely) the family Acanthaceae. Cf. acanthus n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Acanthaceae (acanthus) > [noun] sea-docka1400 bear's footc1400 bear claw1543 acanthus1551 brank-ursine1551 bear's breech1565 acanth1648 Malabar nut1694 spirit-leaf1696 spirit weed1699 snap-tree?1711 many-roots1750 ruellia1751 Christmas pride1756 menow weed1756 strobilanthes1836 adelaster1863 bear's breeches1882 1648 B. Gerbier Interpreter Acad. Forrain Langs. i. 174 A daughter had caused a basket with store of houshold things to be braught at her Tombe, about which basket in proces of time was grone Acante-leaves. 1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 5 The Corinthian Heads to represent a Basket with Acante Leaves. 1701 Philos. Trans. 1700–1 (Royal Soc.) 22 910 That which the botanists term Acante or Branch Vrsine. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 6 The genuine acanths, formerly called Brancursines, are emollient. 1894 Nature 4 Oct. 550/1 Another conspicuous plant is an Acanth with handsome red spikes of flowers and very large prickly leaves. 1972 Audubon Nov. 11/1 Silver deadwood is entwined by a climbing acanth with blossoms of light lavender. 1984 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 71 105/1 Most acanth genera are restricted to one continent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1648
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