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Acanthus
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Acanthus
These perennials grow wild in the grasslands, woods, scrub and rocky hills of the Balkans, Romania, Greece, eastern Mediterranean, and Africa. These plants, known as Bear's Breeches, need winter protection if grown in the North. They form lush clumps of shiny, dark green, lance-shaped leaves, wh...
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acanthus
A Mediterranean plant. The leaves are thick, fleshy, and scalloped. A stylization of the acanthus leaf began in Greek and Roman decoration, especially on the Corinthian capital.
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acanthus
[n] - any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers
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Acanthus
A Mediterranean plant, with thick, fleshy, scalloped leaves. The Romanesque stylization of the acanthus leaf, also called Winchester acanthus, is ultimately derived from that used in classical decoration, especially Corinthian and composite capitals, but bears little resemblance to the plant.
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Acanthus
A thistle-like plant that has thick, fleshy leaves with serrated edges. It is native to the Mediterranean region. It has been used as a stylised decorative motif throughout history, with its most obvious use being on capitals of the Corinthian and composite order. The motif sometimes resembles the l...
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acanthus
See DECORATIVE MOTIFS
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Acanthus
Genus of spiny-leaved Mediterranean plants
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Acanthus
A·can'thus noun ; plural English Acanthuses Latin Acanthi [ Latin , from Greek .... Confer Acantha .] 1. (Botany) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear...
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acanthus
Origin: L, from Gr. Cf. Acantha. ... 1. <botany> A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech. ... 2. An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composi...
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acanthus
noun any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated
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Acanthus
• (n.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear`s-breech. • (n.) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.
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acanthus
in architecture and decorative arts, a stylized ornamental motif based on a characteristic Mediterranean plant with jagged leaves, Acanthus spinosus. ... [1 related articles]
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Acanthus
Acanthus is a Lat In boy name. The meaning of the name is `Thorny Points on the Cactus Plant` The name Acanthus doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Acanthus seems to be unique!
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acanthus
acanthus 1. A group of native-Mediterranean plants with large, segmented, thistle-like leaves; a thistle plant. 2. The term acanthus is also used in architecture referring to an ornamental design patterned after the leaves of the acanthus plant.
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Acanthus
[Egypt] Acanthus (Greek: Ἄκανθος; in Ptolemy, Ἀκανθῶν Πόλις) was an ancient city of Egypt, on the western bank of the Nile, 120 stadia south of Memphis. Its site is located at the modern village of Dashour. The town was in the Memphite Nome, and, therefore, in the Hepta...
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Acanthus
[mythology] Passy highbridge in Paris, France. Photo credit: Gloumouth1 Archive - Nominations ...
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Acanthus
[Athos] Ierissos (Ιερισσός) or Acanthus (Ἄκανθος) was an ancient Greek city on the Athos peninsula. It was located on the north-east side of Akti, on the most eastern peninsula of Chalcidice. Strabo and Ptolemy erroneously place Acanthus on the Singitic gulf, but there can be...
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Acanthus
In architecture an acanthus is an ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus plant (Bear's Breech). They were used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.
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Acanthus
[ornament] The acanthus is one of the most common plant forms to make foliage ornament and decoration. ==Architecture== In architecture, an ornament is carved into stone or wood to resemble leaves from the Mediterranean species of the Acanthus genus of plants, which have deeply cut leaves wi...
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Acanthus
[plant] Acanthus is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to tropical and warm temperate regions, with the highest species diversity in the Mediterranean Basin and Asia. Common names include Acanthus and Bear`s breeches. The generic name is derived...
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Acanthus
Classical ornament in the form of stylized leaf decoration based on the scalloped leaves of the acanthus plant.
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Acanthus
The acanthus leaf was used as a decorative motif on the Corinthian capital and later on the Composite capital. The form is a stylized version of the plant's long, slender leaves and pointed flowers.
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acanthus
acanthus (ukăn'thus) , common name for a member of the Acanthaceae, a family of chiefly perennial herbs and shrubs, mostly native to the tropics. A few members of the family, many of which have decorative spiny leaves, are cultivated as ornamentals—especially the Mediterranean acanth...
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Acanthus
The acanthus is a herbaceous plant of south Europe, Asia and Africa. It has large hairy, shiny leaves.
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acanthus
Herbaceous plant with handsome lobed leaves. Twenty species are found in the Mediterranean region and Old World tropics, including bear's-breech (Acanthus mollis) whose leaves were used as a motif in classical architecture, especially on Corinthian columns. (Genus Acanthus, family Acan...
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