Definition of acanthus in English:

acanthus

noun əˈkanθəsəˈkænθəs

1A herbaceous plant or shrub with bold flower spikes and spiny decorative leaves, found in warm regions of the Old World.
Genus Acanthus, family Acanthaceae: many species, including bear's breeches
Example sentencesExamples
- Along with the box - real and otherwise - are large terracotta pots of Chusan palms and acanthus, which can be moved around according to whim.
- Abutilon, acanthus, and nandina provide a back-drop, and double impatiens and coleus add seasonal color.
- Many wildflowers in the habitat belong to the acanthus family, including branched foldwing, Carolina scalystem, Carolina wild petunia, loose-flower water willow, and swamp twinflower.
- Some plant species can regenerate from seemingly unpromisingly small fragments (as I know from moving an acanthus in my garden).
- One thinks of the acanthus, or bamboo, or (in Tibet), the tiger skin.
- We took an acanthus flower from a popular Georgian wallpaper design and blew it up so large that a single flower filled an entire wall.
- Then our patch: some of it is paved, there is a frog pond, a fig tree, acanthus, bamboo and cranesbill.
- Spray artichokes, cynara carduncularus, achillea, lavender, hydrangea, acanthus and eryngiums with snow, glitter or metallic paints available from DIY shops.
- Planted beneath it, and in the matching raised bed across the runnel, is a collection of bold and textural plants such as abutilon, acanthus, agapanthus, and Tasmanian tree fern.
- Beyond the pane, a duller gleaming, drooping green acanthus leaves, symbol once, in Christian art, of heaven, before that, classic curlicue of Greek and Roman art and architecture.
- Like those of the eighteenth century, these ‘flowers and leaves’ were variations on irises, carnations, roses, and acanthus.
- The leaves of the acanthus are so famously handsome and glossy that their blue flower spike is almost an afterthought.
- Given the backdrop of ferns, hostas and the wooden acanthus leaves, this is an excellent way to bring back into the garden what would otherwise be a slightly shady thoroughfare.
- Many featured floral and botanical patterns, often the lily or the acanthus leaf.
1. 1.1Architecture A conventionalized representation of an acanthus leaf, used especially as a decoration for Corinthian column capitals.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The star lot is a striking mid-18th century Irish mahogany side table. The later rectangular marble top sits above a plain gadrooned frieze, the deep shaped apron centred by a grotesque mask flanked by scrolling acanthus.
  The base is made of rippled walnut and amboyna, inset with marquetry of acanthus in satinwood (sand-burnt for three-dimensional effect), which was done by a Welsh firm, Anita Marquetry.
  This rope feature and the lion paw feet, legs, and exaggerated acanthus leaves are very similar to the one at Glin.
  A graceful swan-neck broken pediment crown, spiraling acanthus, tobacco leaves, all of these help to express the character of the Aristocrat collection.
  Certainly the artist of the Agnus Dei might have found a different precedent for this acanthus ornament, but it is relatively unusual.
  At 23 centimetres high and weighing 3,500 grams the candlesticks are highly ornamental, their tripod bases standing on scallop shell supports, centred by vacant medallions within acanthus leaf foliage on a matted ground.
  While the Greeks had used the Corinthian capital with an Ionic entablature, the Romans invented a distinct cornice for the Corinthian order, characterized by large projecting modillions embellished with acanthus leaves.
  But while coffers of this type are generally supported on stands with straight tapering legs, the Blenheim stands have handsome cabriole legs at both front and back, mounted at the top with acanthus volutes topped by female heads.
  Although this is a typical Islamic motif, it traces its origins to the vine and acanthus scroll ornament of the late antique classical world, and the pattern itself refers back on the other hand to early Syrian textiles.
  The architectural ornament is of that easy and delectable kind which mimics nature: the acanthus leaves of Corinthian capitals, garlands and trophies in the manner of Wren and Grinling Gibbons.
  The architrave includes a Greek key design and other symbols, and the side archivolts are decorated with acanthus leaves.
  The wooden body is derived from models by Piranesi, including the cabriole legs ending in rams' heads on acanthus leaves and cloven-hoof feet.
  Made entirely of gold, the legs were capitals shaped like lilies and entwined about the golden table were a filigree of vines entwined with acanthus, the sacred metal worked so expertly, he was sure that they were living plants of gold.
  Glazed white acanthus leaves and palmettes decorate the base of the body of the vase.
  One's eye is immediately drawn to the relief decoration of alternating acanthus and palm leaves that encircles the body just above the base.
  Jackson-Stops noted various French elements, including ‘the domed feet formed of acanthus leaves with a toe-like scroll in front, and the vertical, rather than raked, back legs of the armchairs’.
  Its rich deep border was a riot of scrolling acanthus, shells and stylised fountains.
  A particularly well carved card table with a central lion's mask and fluent acanthus decoration fetched 281,690 [pounds sterling] at Bonhams on 23 November 2004.
  In Fat of the Lamb, white fat winds around viscous sinew and muscle as if in emulation of the frame's sinuous acanthus motif.
  The posts are beautifully carved with acanthus leaves and feathers, and the bed is elaborately draped with the original hangings of ribbed dimity trimmed with tassels and caught up above the frame on brass mounts.

Origin

Mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek akanthos, from akantha ‘thorn’, from akē ‘sharp point’.

Rhymes

agapanthus, clianthus, dianthus, helianthus, polyanthus

Definition of acanthus in US English:

acanthus

nounəˈkænθəsəˈkanTHəs

1A herbaceous plant or shrub with bold flower spikes and spiny decorative leaves, native to Mediterranean regions.
Genus Acanthus, family Acanthaceae: many species
Example sentencesExamples
- Like those of the eighteenth century, these ‘flowers and leaves’ were variations on irises, carnations, roses, and acanthus.
- Abutilon, acanthus, and nandina provide a back-drop, and double impatiens and coleus add seasonal color.
- Beyond the pane, a duller gleaming, drooping green acanthus leaves, symbol once, in Christian art, of heaven, before that, classic curlicue of Greek and Roman art and architecture.
- Some plant species can regenerate from seemingly unpromisingly small fragments (as I know from moving an acanthus in my garden).
- One thinks of the acanthus, or bamboo, or (in Tibet), the tiger skin.
- Many wildflowers in the habitat belong to the acanthus family, including branched foldwing, Carolina scalystem, Carolina wild petunia, loose-flower water willow, and swamp twinflower.
- Spray artichokes, cynara carduncularus, achillea, lavender, hydrangea, acanthus and eryngiums with snow, glitter or metallic paints available from DIY shops.
- Given the backdrop of ferns, hostas and the wooden acanthus leaves, this is an excellent way to bring back into the garden what would otherwise be a slightly shady thoroughfare.
- Along with the box - real and otherwise - are large terracotta pots of Chusan palms and acanthus, which can be moved around according to whim.
- Planted beneath it, and in the matching raised bed across the runnel, is a collection of bold and textural plants such as abutilon, acanthus, agapanthus, and Tasmanian tree fern.
- Many featured floral and botanical patterns, often the lily or the acanthus leaf.
- We took an acanthus flower from a popular Georgian wallpaper design and blew it up so large that a single flower filled an entire wall.
- Then our patch: some of it is paved, there is a frog pond, a fig tree, acanthus, bamboo and cranesbill.
- The leaves of the acanthus are so famously handsome and glossy that their blue flower spike is almost an afterthought.
1. 1.1Architecture A conventionalized representation of an acanthus leaf, used especially as a decoration for Corinthian column capitals.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The base is made of rippled walnut and amboyna, inset with marquetry of acanthus in satinwood (sand-burnt for three-dimensional effect), which was done by a Welsh firm, Anita Marquetry.
  Certainly the artist of the Agnus Dei might have found a different precedent for this acanthus ornament, but it is relatively unusual.
  While the Greeks had used the Corinthian capital with an Ionic entablature, the Romans invented a distinct cornice for the Corinthian order, characterized by large projecting modillions embellished with acanthus leaves.
  The posts are beautifully carved with acanthus leaves and feathers, and the bed is elaborately draped with the original hangings of ribbed dimity trimmed with tassels and caught up above the frame on brass mounts.
  Its rich deep border was a riot of scrolling acanthus, shells and stylised fountains.
  The wooden body is derived from models by Piranesi, including the cabriole legs ending in rams' heads on acanthus leaves and cloven-hoof feet.
  The architrave includes a Greek key design and other symbols, and the side archivolts are decorated with acanthus leaves.
  Although this is a typical Islamic motif, it traces its origins to the vine and acanthus scroll ornament of the late antique classical world, and the pattern itself refers back on the other hand to early Syrian textiles.
  One's eye is immediately drawn to the relief decoration of alternating acanthus and palm leaves that encircles the body just above the base.
  Jackson-Stops noted various French elements, including ‘the domed feet formed of acanthus leaves with a toe-like scroll in front, and the vertical, rather than raked, back legs of the armchairs’.
  In Fat of the Lamb, white fat winds around viscous sinew and muscle as if in emulation of the frame's sinuous acanthus motif.
  A graceful swan-neck broken pediment crown, spiraling acanthus, tobacco leaves, all of these help to express the character of the Aristocrat collection.
  A particularly well carved card table with a central lion's mask and fluent acanthus decoration fetched 281,690 [pounds sterling] at Bonhams on 23 November 2004.
  This rope feature and the lion paw feet, legs, and exaggerated acanthus leaves are very similar to the one at Glin.
  But while coffers of this type are generally supported on stands with straight tapering legs, the Blenheim stands have handsome cabriole legs at both front and back, mounted at the top with acanthus volutes topped by female heads.
  Made entirely of gold, the legs were capitals shaped like lilies and entwined about the golden table were a filigree of vines entwined with acanthus, the sacred metal worked so expertly, he was sure that they were living plants of gold.
  At 23 centimetres high and weighing 3,500 grams the candlesticks are highly ornamental, their tripod bases standing on scallop shell supports, centred by vacant medallions within acanthus leaf foliage on a matted ground.
  Glazed white acanthus leaves and palmettes decorate the base of the body of the vase.
  The star lot is a striking mid-18th century Irish mahogany side table. The later rectangular marble top sits above a plain gadrooned frieze, the deep shaped apron centred by a grotesque mask flanked by scrolling acanthus.
  The architectural ornament is of that easy and delectable kind which mimics nature: the acanthus leaves of Corinthian capitals, garlands and trophies in the manner of Wren and Grinling Gibbons.

Origin

Mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek akanthos, from akantha ‘thorn’, from akē ‘sharp point’.

单词	acanthus
释义	Definition of acanthus in English: acanthus noun əˈkanθəsəˈkænθəs 1A herbaceous plant or shrub with bold flower spikes and spiny decorative leaves, found in warm regions of the Old World. Genus Acanthus, family Acanthaceae: many species, including bear's breeches Example sentencesExamples Along with the box - real and otherwise - are large terracotta pots of Chusan palms and acanthus, which can be moved around according to whim. Abutilon, acanthus, and nandina provide a back-drop, and double impatiens and coleus add seasonal color. Many wildflowers in the habitat belong to the acanthus family, including branched foldwing, Carolina scalystem, Carolina wild petunia, loose-flower water willow, and swamp twinflower. Some plant species can regenerate from seemingly unpromisingly small fragments (as I know from moving an acanthus in my garden). One thinks of the acanthus, or bamboo, or (in Tibet), the tiger skin. We took an acanthus flower from a popular Georgian wallpaper design and blew it up so large that a single flower filled an entire wall. Then our patch: some of it is paved, there is a frog pond, a fig tree, acanthus, bamboo and cranesbill. Spray artichokes, cynara carduncularus, achillea, lavender, hydrangea, acanthus and eryngiums with snow, glitter or metallic paints available from DIY shops. Planted beneath it, and in the matching raised bed across the runnel, is a collection of bold and textural plants such as abutilon, acanthus, agapanthus, and Tasmanian tree fern. Beyond the pane, a duller gleaming, drooping green acanthus leaves, symbol once, in Christian art, of heaven, before that, classic curlicue of Greek and Roman art and architecture. Like those of the eighteenth century, these ‘flowers and leaves’ were variations on irises, carnations, roses, and acanthus. The leaves of the acanthus are so famously handsome and glossy that their blue flower spike is almost an afterthought. Given the backdrop of ferns, hostas and the wooden acanthus leaves, this is an excellent way to bring back into the garden what would otherwise be a slightly shady thoroughfare. Many featured floral and botanical patterns, often the lily or the acanthus leaf. 1.1Architecture A conventionalized representation of an acanthus leaf, used especially as a decoration for Corinthian column capitals. Example sentencesExamples The star lot is a striking mid-18th century Irish mahogany side table. The later rectangular marble top sits above a plain gadrooned frieze, the deep shaped apron centred by a grotesque mask flanked by scrolling acanthus. The base is made of rippled walnut and amboyna, inset with marquetry of acanthus in satinwood (sand-burnt for three-dimensional effect), which was done by a Welsh firm, Anita Marquetry. This rope feature and the lion paw feet, legs, and exaggerated acanthus leaves are very similar to the one at Glin. A graceful swan-neck broken pediment crown, spiraling acanthus, tobacco leaves, all of these help to express the character of the Aristocrat collection. Certainly the artist of the Agnus Dei might have found a different precedent for this acanthus ornament, but it is relatively unusual. At 23 centimetres high and weighing 3,500 grams the candlesticks are highly ornamental, their tripod bases standing on scallop shell supports, centred by vacant medallions within acanthus leaf foliage on a matted ground. While the Greeks had used the Corinthian capital with an Ionic entablature, the Romans invented a distinct cornice for the Corinthian order, characterized by large projecting modillions embellished with acanthus leaves. But while coffers of this type are generally supported on stands with straight tapering legs, the Blenheim stands have handsome cabriole legs at both front and back, mounted at the top with acanthus volutes topped by female heads. Although this is a typical Islamic motif, it traces its origins to the vine and acanthus scroll ornament of the late antique classical world, and the pattern itself refers back on the other hand to early Syrian textiles. The architectural ornament is of that easy and delectable kind which mimics nature: the acanthus leaves of Corinthian capitals, garlands and trophies in the manner of Wren and Grinling Gibbons. The architrave includes a Greek key design and other symbols, and the side archivolts are decorated with acanthus leaves. The wooden body is derived from models by Piranesi, including the cabriole legs ending in rams' heads on acanthus leaves and cloven-hoof feet. Made entirely of gold, the legs were capitals shaped like lilies and entwined about the golden table were a filigree of vines entwined with acanthus, the sacred metal worked so expertly, he was sure that they were living plants of gold. Glazed white acanthus leaves and palmettes decorate the base of the body of the vase. One's eye is immediately drawn to the relief decoration of alternating acanthus and palm leaves that encircles the body just above the base. Jackson-Stops noted various French elements, including ‘the domed feet formed of acanthus leaves with a toe-like scroll in front, and the vertical, rather than raked, back legs of the armchairs’. Its rich deep border was a riot of scrolling acanthus, shells and stylised fountains. A particularly well carved card table with a central lion's mask and fluent acanthus decoration fetched 281,690 [pounds sterling] at Bonhams on 23 November 2004. In Fat of the Lamb, white fat winds around viscous sinew and muscle as if in emulation of the frame's sinuous acanthus motif. The posts are beautifully carved with acanthus leaves and feathers, and the bed is elaborately draped with the original hangings of ribbed dimity trimmed with tassels and caught up above the frame on brass mounts. Origin Mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek akanthos, from akantha ‘thorn’, from akē ‘sharp point’. Rhymes agapanthus, clianthus, dianthus, helianthus, polyanthus Definition of acanthus in US English: acanthus nounəˈkænθəsəˈkanTHəs 1A herbaceous plant or shrub with bold flower spikes and spiny decorative leaves, native to Mediterranean regions. Genus Acanthus, family Acanthaceae: many species Example sentencesExamples Like those of the eighteenth century, these ‘flowers and leaves’ were variations on irises, carnations, roses, and acanthus. Abutilon, acanthus, and nandina provide a back-drop, and double impatiens and coleus add seasonal color. Beyond the pane, a duller gleaming, drooping green acanthus leaves, symbol once, in Christian art, of heaven, before that, classic curlicue of Greek and Roman art and architecture. Some plant species can regenerate from seemingly unpromisingly small fragments (as I know from moving an acanthus in my garden). One thinks of the acanthus, or bamboo, or (in Tibet), the tiger skin. Many wildflowers in the habitat belong to the acanthus family, including branched foldwing, Carolina scalystem, Carolina wild petunia, loose-flower water willow, and swamp twinflower. Spray artichokes, cynara carduncularus, achillea, lavender, hydrangea, acanthus and eryngiums with snow, glitter or metallic paints available from DIY shops. Given the backdrop of ferns, hostas and the wooden acanthus leaves, this is an excellent way to bring back into the garden what would otherwise be a slightly shady thoroughfare. Along with the box - real and otherwise - are large terracotta pots of Chusan palms and acanthus, which can be moved around according to whim. Planted beneath it, and in the matching raised bed across the runnel, is a collection of bold and textural plants such as abutilon, acanthus, agapanthus, and Tasmanian tree fern. Many featured floral and botanical patterns, often the lily or the acanthus leaf. We took an acanthus flower from a popular Georgian wallpaper design and blew it up so large that a single flower filled an entire wall. Then our patch: some of it is paved, there is a frog pond, a fig tree, acanthus, bamboo and cranesbill. The leaves of the acanthus are so famously handsome and glossy that their blue flower spike is almost an afterthought. 1.1Architecture A conventionalized representation of an acanthus leaf, used especially as a decoration for Corinthian column capitals. Example sentencesExamples The base is made of rippled walnut and amboyna, inset with marquetry of acanthus in satinwood (sand-burnt for three-dimensional effect), which was done by a Welsh firm, Anita Marquetry. Certainly the artist of the Agnus Dei might have found a different precedent for this acanthus ornament, but it is relatively unusual. While the Greeks had used the Corinthian capital with an Ionic entablature, the Romans invented a distinct cornice for the Corinthian order, characterized by large projecting modillions embellished with acanthus leaves. The posts are beautifully carved with acanthus leaves and feathers, and the bed is elaborately draped with the original hangings of ribbed dimity trimmed with tassels and caught up above the frame on brass mounts. Its rich deep border was a riot of scrolling acanthus, shells and stylised fountains. The wooden body is derived from models by Piranesi, including the cabriole legs ending in rams' heads on acanthus leaves and cloven-hoof feet. The architrave includes a Greek key design and other symbols, and the side archivolts are decorated with acanthus leaves. Although this is a typical Islamic motif, it traces its origins to the vine and acanthus scroll ornament of the late antique classical world, and the pattern itself refers back on the other hand to early Syrian textiles. One's eye is immediately drawn to the relief decoration of alternating acanthus and palm leaves that encircles the body just above the base. Jackson-Stops noted various French elements, including ‘the domed feet formed of acanthus leaves with a toe-like scroll in front, and the vertical, rather than raked, back legs of the armchairs’. In Fat of the Lamb, white fat winds around viscous sinew and muscle as if in emulation of the frame's sinuous acanthus motif. A graceful swan-neck broken pediment crown, spiraling acanthus, tobacco leaves, all of these help to express the character of the Aristocrat collection. A particularly well carved card table with a central lion's mask and fluent acanthus decoration fetched 281,690 [pounds sterling] at Bonhams on 23 November 2004. This rope feature and the lion paw feet, legs, and exaggerated acanthus leaves are very similar to the one at Glin. But while coffers of this type are generally supported on stands with straight tapering legs, the Blenheim stands have handsome cabriole legs at both front and back, mounted at the top with acanthus volutes topped by female heads. Made entirely of gold, the legs were capitals shaped like lilies and entwined about the golden table were a filigree of vines entwined with acanthus, the sacred metal worked so expertly, he was sure that they were living plants of gold. At 23 centimetres high and weighing 3,500 grams the candlesticks are highly ornamental, their tripod bases standing on scallop shell supports, centred by vacant medallions within acanthus leaf foliage on a matted ground. Glazed white acanthus leaves and palmettes decorate the base of the body of the vase. The star lot is a striking mid-18th century Irish mahogany side table. The later rectangular marble top sits above a plain gadrooned frieze, the deep shaped apron centred by a grotesque mask flanked by scrolling acanthus. The architectural ornament is of that easy and delectable kind which mimics nature: the acanthus leaves of Corinthian capitals, garlands and trophies in the manner of Wren and Grinling Gibbons. Origin Mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek akanthos, from akantha ‘thorn’, from akē ‘sharp point’.
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