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Meaning of "acanthaceous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ACANTHACEOUS

acanthaceous  [ˌækənˈθeɪʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACANTHACEOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Acanthaceous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ACANTHACEOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of acanthaceous in the English dictionary

The definition of acanthaceous in the dictionary is of or relating to the Acanthaceae, a mainly tropical and subtropical family of flowering plants that includes the acanthus. Other definition of acanthaceous is having spiny or prickly outgrowths.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACANTHACEOUS


amaranthaceous
ˌæmərænˈθeɪʃəs
audacious
ɔːˈdeɪʃəs
bodacious
bəʊˈdeɪʃəs
cretaceous
krɪˈteɪʃəs
curvaceous
kɜːˈveɪʃəs
efficacious
ˌɛfɪˈkeɪʃəs
flirtatious
flɜːˈteɪʃəs
gracious
ˈɡreɪʃəs
hellacious
hɛˈleɪʃəs
herbaceous
hɜːˈbeɪʃəs
ostentatious
ˌɒstɛnˈteɪʃəs
proteinaceous
ˌprəʊtiːnˈeɪʃəs
pugnacious
pʌɡˈneɪʃəs
salacious
səˈleɪʃəs
sebaceous
sɪˈbeɪʃəs
spacious
ˈspeɪʃəs
spathaceous
spəˈθeɪʃəs
tenacious
tɪˈneɪʃəs
vivacious
vɪˈveɪʃəs
voracious
vɒˈreɪʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACANTHACEOUS

acajou
acalculia
acaleph
acalephan
acalephe
acanaceous
acanth
acantha
acanthi
acanthin
acanthine
acanthocephalan
acanthoid
acanthopterygian
acanthous
acanthus
acapnia
Acapulco
acarbose

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACANTHACEOUS

arenaceous
argillaceous
carbonaceous
chartaceous
coriaceous
crustaceous
cylindraceous
diatomaceous
ericaceous
farinaceous
foliaceous
gorgeous
liliaceous
micaceous
olivaceous
predaceous
siliceous
solanaceous
the Cretaceous
tuffaceous
violaceous

Synonyms and antonyms of acanthaceous in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «acanthaceous» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

acanthaceous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

acanthaceous
570 millions of speakers

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acanthaceous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

acanthaceous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شائك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

acanthaceous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

acanthaceous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

acanthaceous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

acanthaceous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Acanthaceous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

acanthaceous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

acanthaceous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

acanthaceous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Acanthaceous
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

acanthaceous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

acanthaceous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एकेन्टेसिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

acanthaceous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

acanthaceous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

acanthaceous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

acanthaceous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

acanthaceous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

acanthaceous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

acanthaceous
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

acanthaceous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

acanthaceous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of acanthaceous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACANTHACEOUS»

The term «acanthaceous» is barely ever used and occupies the 194.985 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ACANTHACEOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about acanthaceous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACANTHACEOUS»

Discover the use of acanthaceous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to acanthaceous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Journal of Botany, British and Foreign
ACANTHACEOUS. PLANTS. Eranthemum Cooperi, Hook., lately figured in the Bot. Magazine, as anew speces from New Caledonia, was discovered in August, 1794, by George Forster, in Tanna, New Hebrides, and described by him in his ...
2
Journal of Botany, British and Foreign
British Museum, Nov. 15, 1864. ON THE SYNONYMY OF SOME ACANTHACEOUS PLANTS. Eranthemum Cooperi, Hook., lately figured in the Bot. Magazine, as a new speces from New Caledonia, was discovered in August, 1794, by George ...
3
A Dictionary of Entomology
ACANTHACEOUS. Adj. (Greek,. akantha. : thorn. + Latin, -aceus I of or pertaining to.) Pertaining to structure that bears thorns or spines. ACANTHAMETROPODIDAE Edmunds 1963, Plural Noun. A very rare family with 2 genera. Adults with ...
‎2011
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The University of Iowa Studies in Psychology
The good senior speller (Fig. 20) moves across acanthaceous in five fixations. He never fixates the initial ac or the final s. For the same word the poor speller requires nine and ten fixations for two cross passages, fixates both first and last ...
5
Flora of the Sudan-Uganda Border Area East of the Nile: ...
Among the creepers and scrambling herbs there is a predominance of Acanthaceous species, including Isoglossa somalensis, Mimulopsis solmsii, Hypoestes aristata, Hypoestes forskaolii :and Hypoestes triflora, together with Triumfetta ...
Ib Friis, Kaj Vollesen, 2005
6
Taiwania
Chang-Fu HsiEHf2) and Tseng-Chien Huang(,) Abstract: In the present paper, 34 species of acanthaceous plants belonging to 20 genera are discussed. Information on their general morphology, vegetative and floral anatomy, palynology, and ...
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Psychological Monographs
The good senior speller (Fig. 20) moves across acanthaceous in five fixations. He never fixates the initial ac or the final s. For the same word the poor speller requires nine and ten fixations for two cross passages, fixates both first and last ...
8
Edwards's botanical register, or ornamental flower garden ...
The flowers are much the colour of some purple Acanthaceous plants, sucb as Justicia elegans, but they are perhaps more vivid. It is one of the best Salvias we yet have. It has flowered in a warm greenhouse, but is probably as hardy as others ...
9
An Expedition of Discovery Into the Interior of Africa, ...
... a curious spiny plant, with hoary leaves and large flowers, somewhat resembling an Escobedia in size and appearance, but belonging to the natural order of Solanaceae; several Acanthaceous plants, particularly one with bright blue flowers ...
James-Edward Alexander, 1838
10
Wildlife and Landscapes in Malawi: Selected Essays on ...
The evergreen forest, consisting of nearly pure stands of Newtonia buelyarzarzii with a sparse acanthaceous ground cover, gives way id— denly to open savannah grassland where Braelyystegia spieiformis is dominant, and Protea ...
Brian Morris, 2009

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