The word is in the Wiktionary

7 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• acanthus n. A member of the genus Acanthus of herbaceous prickly plants with toothed leaves, (family Acanthaceae…
• acanthus n. (Architecture) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of Acanthus spinosus, used in the capitals…

— International convention —

• Acanthus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthaceae – prickly herbs that grow in the Mediterranean; the acanthuses.
• -acanthus suff. (Zoology) Animal having a spine as specified.

— English word, defined in French —

• acanthus n. Acanthe.

— In Dutch —

• acanthus n. (Plantkunde) Acanthus mollis familie Acanthaceae Zuid-Europese…
• acanthus n. Bladversiering van Corinthische zuil lijkend op het blad van de plant.

29 English words from 4 English definitions

Acanthus acanthuses Animal Architecture capitals family foliage genus grow having herbaceous herbs leaves Mediterranean member ornament plants prickly resembling specified spine taxonomic that the toothed used with within Zoology

6 English words from 3 foreign definitions

Acanthus blad het plant van Zuid

8 foreign words from 3 foreign definitions

Acanthe Europese familie lijkend mollis Plantkunde Zuid-Europese zuil

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

acanthuses

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

pyracanthuses

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

pyracanthus

32 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ACA acanth acanth- ant Ant ANT -ant an't ant- ant. Ant. a'n't -anth anth. can Can CAN Can. cant Cant can't Cant. ca'n't canthus Hus HUs HUS nth Thu THU thus Thus

7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ACA NAC NACA suh Suh TNA UHT

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

acanthous cantharus

7 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

acanths anchusa ascaunt canthus chaunts staunch Utahans

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

acanthas

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

acanths canthus

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

acanthous

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