Usually means: Pertaining to plants with spines.
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  1. acanthaceous: Merriam-Webster
  2. acanthaceous: Collins English Dictionary
  3. acanthaceous: Wordnik
  4. acanthaceous: Wiktionary
  5. acanthaceous: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Acanthaceous, acanthaceous: Dictionary.com
  7. Acanthaceous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. acanthaceous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Acanthaceous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. acanthaceous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. acanthaceous: FreeDictionary.org
  12. acanthaceous: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. acanthaceous: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (acanthaceous)

adjective:  (botany): Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a member of the Acanthaceae family.
adjective:  Armed with prickles, as a plant.

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