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acanaceous

acanaceous adjective: bearing prickles or thistles; prickly.

Adjective

acanaceous (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Bearing prickles or thistles; prickly.
    • But in addition, Johnathan, as the mocked parent, intended to see that the bed was as hard, knotty and acanaceous as the father knew how to make it.1921, William Dudley Pelley, The Fog: A Novel, page 276

Questions about acanaceous

What does acanaceous mean?
Acanaceous means bearing prickles or thistles; prickly.
What part of speech is acanaceous?
Acanaceous is an adjective.

Words near acanaceous in the dictionary

  1. Acampora
  2. Acamporas
  3. acamprosate
  4. acampsia
  5. acana
  6. acanaceous
  7. acanaloniid
  8. acanaloniids
  9. acanas
  10. acanonical
  11. acanth

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