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Definition of Acanthus family
1. Noun. Widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Order Polemoniales, Polemoniales
Member holonyms: Genus Acanthus, Genus Graptophyllum, Graptophyllum, Genus Thunbergia, Thunbergia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acanthus Family
Literary usage of Acanthus family
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"acanthus family. Herbs, or some tropical genera shrubs or small trees, with
opposite simple exstipulate leaves, and irregular or nearly regular perfect ..."
2. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"... acanthus family. Plants with opposite simple leaves, 2-lipped or otherwise
irregular or even regular ..."
3. Field, Forest, and Garden Botany: A Simple Introduction to the Common Plants by Asa Gray (1895)
"... acanthus family. Plants with opposite simple leaves, 2-lipped or otherwise
irregular or even regular ..."
4. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1908)
"To the right is the acanthus family ; not many of these plants are hardy in this
... To the right of the acanthus family is the single bed devoted to the ..."
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