acanthaceous
/ˌakənˈθeɪʃəs/Botany
adjective
Of the nature of an acanthus; (in later use) specifically belonging to or characteristic of the family Acanthaceae, comprising chiefly tropical shrubs and vines and having the genus Acanthus as the type genus.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Ephraim Chambers (?1680–1740), encyclopaedist. From post-classical Latin acanthaceus + -ous.
- therian
- therianthropic
- the Right
- the right hand doesn't know what the left hand's doing
- the right stuff
- theriomorphic
- the Ritz
- the Riviera
- therm
- thermae
- thermal
- thermal capacity
- thermal conductivity
- thermal depolymerization
- thermal diffusivity
- thermal efficiency
- thermal imaging
- thermal inversion
- thermalise
- thermalization
- thermalize
- thermally
- thermal neutron
- thermal noise
- thermal paper