acanto-acanthus: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is acanto?acanto is acanthus

What is acanthus?

(BOT). Pianta erbacea perenne, le cui foglie furono prese nell’antichità a modello del capitello corinzio.
(BOT). Perennial herbaceous plant, whose leaves were taken in antiquity as a model of the Corinthian capital.
(ARCHIT). Il fregio del capitello corinzio.
(ARCHIT). The frieze of the Corinthian capital.