GENUS ACANTHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Acanthus mean? 

• GENUS ACANTHUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS ACANTHUS has 1 sense:

1. bear's breeches

  Familiarity information: GENUS ACANTHUS used as a noun is very rare.

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• GENUS ACANTHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bear's breeches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Acanthus" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Acanthus"):

acanthus (any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated)

Holonyms ("genus Acanthus" is a member of...):

Acanthaceae; acanthus family; family Acanthaceae (widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales)