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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| acantha |
| SYLLABICATION: | a·can·tha |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -k n th |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. a·can·thae (-th )A sharp spiny part or structure, such as the spinous process of a vertebra. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin, from Greek akantha, thorn. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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