Definitions For Acanthaceous

Adjective

(botany): Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a member of the acanthaceae family.First attested in the mid 18th century.Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Armed with prickles, as a plant.

Related terms

acantha

Translations

Spanish: acantáceo Spanish: acantáceo

Etymology

From {{af, en, lang1=mul, Acanthaceae, -ous}}.Urdang, Laurence, ed. The Random House College Dictionary. 1st. New York: Random House, Inc., 1984.

Is Acanthaceous a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
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19
Words with Friends
22

The word Acanthaceous is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends

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