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7 words match “ACANTHA”

ACANTHA n. 3 definitions
A prickle.
ACANTHACEOUS a. 2 definitions
Armed with prickles, as a plant.
HAWTHORN n.
A thorny shrub or tree (the Cratægus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is Cratægus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed. Gives not the hawthorn b…
MALABAR n.
India, between the mountains and the sea. Malabar nut (Bot.), the seed of an East Indian acanthaceous shrub, the Adhatoda Vasica, sometimes used medicinally.
MUD n.
arth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive. Mud bass (Zoöl.), a fresh-water fish (Acantharchum pomotis) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep grunting note. -- Mud bath, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for disease. -- Mud boat, a large…
PYRACANTH n.
The evergreen thorn (Cratægus Pyracantha), a shrub native of Europe.
RETINACULUM n.
which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support the seeds in many acanthaceous plants.