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Acanthus (plural: acanthus, rarely acanthuses in English, or acanthi in Latin), its feminine form acantha (plural: acanthae), the Latinisation (literature), Latinised form of the ancient Greek word acanthos or akanthos, or the prefix acantho-, may refer to:

Biology

*Acanthus (plant), a genus containing plants used for ornament and in traditional medicine
*Glossary of entomology terms#acanthus, Acanthus, an Glossary of entomology terms#A–C, entomological term for a thorn-like projection on an insect, typically a single-celled cuticular growth without tormogen (socket) or sensory cells

Mythology

*Acantha, a figure in Greek mythology associated with the Acanthus plant
*Acanthus, son of Autonous who received his name after the plant, which was common in his infertile homeland

People

*Acanthus of Sparta, an ancient athlete
*Acanthus, the pen-name of the cartoonist Frank Hoar

Places

*Acanthus, Ontario, a modern Canadian town
*Acanthus (Caria), a town of ancient Caria, near Bybassus
*Acanthus (Egypt), an ancient Egyptian city
*Akanthos (Greece), an ancient Macedonian city
*Acantha, County Offaly, a townland in the civil parish of Durrow, County Offaly (civil parish), Durrow, barony of Ballycowan, Ireland

Other uses

*Acanthus (ornament), a form in architecture and in leather carving, from the plant
*Acanthus path, a fictional tradition of enchanters, magicians and witches in the game ''Mage: The Awakening''

See also

*List of commonly used taxonomic affixes

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