Acanthus (: 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
See also List of commonly used taxonomic affixes