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	Acanthus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In botany, Acanthus is both a common name and a genus of flowering plant.
		In architecture, the acanthus is common in ornamentation.
		Acantha was a nymph in Greek mythology, associated with the acanthus plant.
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	Acanthus - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In Botany, Acanthus is both a common name and a genus of flowering plant in the Family Acanthaceae.
		In Architecture, acanthus describes an ornamentation in thecapitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders which depicts orresembles foliage of the Acanthus plant.
		Apparently acanthus plant motifs appear extensively in Medieval, Renaissance artwork, particularly in sculptureand wood carving and in friezes.
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		In Botany (The branch of biology that studies plants), Acanthus is both a common name and a genus ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species) of flowering plant (Plants having seeds in a closed ovary) in the Family Acanthaceae (Widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales).
		In Architecture (The discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings), acanthus describes an ornamentation in the capitals of the Corinthian (A resident of Corinth) and Composite orders which depicts or resembles foliage of the Acanthus plant.
		Acanthus is the name of an ancient Greek city (additional info and facts about Greek city).
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	acanthus on Encyclopedia.com
		A few members of the family, many of which have decorative spiny leaves, are cultivated as ornamentals—especially the Mediterranean acanthus, or bear's-breech (genus Acanthus), whose ornate leaves were the source of a stylized motif used in Greek and Roman art (see Corinthian order).
		Some species of the genus Ruellia are native to and cultivated as ornamentals in North America, chiefly in the South.
		Acanthus is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Scrophulariacles.
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	AcanthusTech - What is an Acanthus?
		The Acanthus plant (Acanthaceæ), also known by the common name of "Bear's Breech," is considered to be one of the finest foliage plants for the shrub border.
		The acanthus appears for the first time in the arts in ancient Greece, where it was chosen for decorative purposes owing to the beauty of its leaves and its proliferation across the Greek islands.
		Many of the examples of Acanthus leaves carved in the 4th and 5th centuries B.C.E. are extremely lifelike, whether it is of the soft or the spiky variety, showing the character, texture, and model of the leaf.
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	ACANTHUS - LoveToKnow Article on ACANTHUS
		The best - known is Acanthus moll-is (brank-ursine, or bears' breech), a common species throughout the Mediterranean region, having large, deeply cut, hairy, Co., Ltd. shining leaves.
		In decoration, the acanthus was first reproduced in metal, and subsequently carved in stone by the Greeks.
		There are two types, that found in the Acanthus spinosus, which was followed by the Greeks, and that in the Acanthus mollis, which seems to have been preferred by the Romans.
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		During the fifth century B.C. the acanthus ornament took an important place especially in architecture, and was the principal ornament of the Corinthian capital.
		Since the burial, an acanthus plant had sprouted beneath the basket and its leaves had come through the basket and curled up around the edges to lick the bottom of the tile.
		The genus of this plant relates to the prickly spines on the leaves derived from the Greek akantha or thorn.
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	Acanthus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In Botany: common name for a genus, from Acanthaceae family, of herbaceous prickly plants; any plant of this genus which is characterized by large spiny leaves and spikes and white or purplish flowers; native to the Mediterranean.
		There is also the community of Acanthus, Ontario in Canada.
		Apparently acanthus plant motifs appear extensively in Medieval, Renaissance artwork, particularly in sculpture and wood carving and in friezes.
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	acanthus -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The name acanthus is commonly applied to the plants of the genus Acanthus, of the family Acanthaceae.
		genus of perennial twining climbers of the acanthus family, found in tropical regions; leaves usually triangular; flowers funnel-shaped with 5 lobes, blue, purple, yellow, or white, solitary or in loose clusters; fl-eyed Susan vine (T. alata) has creamy flowers, with dark purple throat, and is sometimes called clock vine.
		genus of perennial plants and shrubs of the acanthus family, native to North and South America; grows to 6 ft (2 m); flowers petunia-like, white through purple, rarely yellow, solitary or in loose spikes; smooth ruellia R. strepens; hairy ruellia R. ciliosa; stalked ruellia R. pedunculata; genus sometimes called manyroot.
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	Picture Acanthus,Plants,Acanthus Tree Pictures,Catalog,Trees Encyclopedia
		Date : 12/17/2005 Time : 5:40:29 PM The acanthus family, Acanthaceae, contains about 250 genera of mainly perennial, thistlelike shrubs native to warmer regions of the world.
		Their whitish rose to lilac flowers grow on spikes up to 46 cm (18 in) high, and the leaves are up to 60 cm (24 in) long.
		The spiny leaves of some species, such as varieties of the Mediterranean acanthus, A. mollis, have a hairy, attractive upper surface, and the shrubs are cultivated as border plants.
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	ACANTHUS 7 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The main topics of discussion were reactivating the ACANTHUS newsletter (as you know, Mandy Balkwill and Lucinda McDade agreed to attempt to do so) and having a meeting devoted to Acanthaceae.A number of formats were suggested for the latter.
		There was general agreement that, in addition to arranging sessions on Acanthaceae at regularly scheduled national and international meetings, we should organize a stand-alone conference in an acanth-rich venue (field trips!).
		This is clearly related to the neotropical genus Stenostephanus, in which should be included Habracanthus, Hansteinia and possibly several other genera.
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	Acanthus plural Acanthuses English English or Acanthi Latin Latin ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Acanthus plural Acanthuses English English or Acanthi Latin Latin...
		"Acanthus" (plural: Acanthuses (English English) or Acanthi (Latin Latin) In Botany Botany: common name for a genus genus, "Acanthaceae Acanthaceae," of herbaceous prickly plants; any plant of this genus which is characterized by large spiny leaves and spikes and white or purplish flowers; native to the Mediterranean Mediterranean.
		Apparently acanthus plant motifs appear extensively in Medieval Medieval, Renaissance Renaissance artwork, particularly in sculpture and wood carving and in frieze friezes
	www.biodatabase.de /acanthus (173 words)

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	acanthus - Wiktionary
		(Botany): A genus of herbaceous prickly plants with toothed leaves, (family Acanthaceae, order Scrophulariales) found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; includes bear's breech.
		(Architecture): An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); — used in the capitals of the Corinthian and composite orders.
		This page was last modified 06:02, 13 September 2005.
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	Acanthus
		[ Acanthura ] [ Acanthus ] [ Acanthyllis ]
		Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Acanthus
		For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.
	www.crescentbloom.com /plants/Genus/A/C/Acanthus.htm (85 words)

	PlantenTuin Esveld List of available slides of plants of the genus Acanthus
		PlantenTuin Esveld List of available slides of plants of the genus Acanthus
		List of available slides from the genus Acanthus.
		These are part of our on-line plant catalogue, but are also linked in this list for your use at the same terms as above.
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	Acanthus spinosus : spine acanthus
		Grows like a weed, invasive, deep roots half inch diam.
		Haven't been able to get it to bloom after the first year.
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