Acanthus (pl.: acanthus, rarely acanthuses in English, or acanthi in Latin), its feminine form acantha (plural: acanthae), the Latinised form of the ancient Greek word acanthos or akanthos, or the prefix acantho-, may refer to:
Biology
Acanthus (plant), a genus containing plants used for ornament and in traditional medicine
Acanthus (ornament), ornamental forms in architecture using the leaf shape
Acanthus, an entomological term for a thornlike projection on an insect, typically a single-celled cuticular growth without tormogen (socket) or sensory cells
Mythology
Acantha, a supposed figure in Greek mythology associated with the Acanthus plant
Acanthus, son of Autonous who received his name after the plant, which was common in his infertile homeland
People
Acanthus of Sparta, an ancient athlete
Acanthus, the pen-name of the cartoonist Frank Hoar
Places
Acanthus, Ontario, a modern Canadian town
Acanthus (Caria), a town of ancient Caria, near Bybassus
Acanthus (Egypt), an ancient Egyptian city
Akanthos (Greece), an ancient Greek city in Greek Macedonia
Acantha, County Offaly, a townland in the civil parish of Durrow, barony of Ballycowan, Ireland
Other uses
Acanthus path, a fictional tradition of enchanters, magicians and witches in the game Mage: The Awakening
