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Noun: acanthus family  u'kanthus 'famulee
  1. Widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
    - Acanthaceae, family Acanthaceae

Type of: asterid dicot family

Part of: order Polemoniales, Polemoniales

Encyclopedia: Acanthus family