What's the difference between acantha and acanthus?
Acantha
Definition:
(n.) A prickle.
(n.) A spine or prickly fin.
(n.) The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra.
Example Sentences:
(1) The internal surface of the proventriculus is represented by numerous acanthae which fall close together.
(2) Other cuticular structures, viz., scales, microtrichia, acanthae, and aedeagal spines, which occur on the terminalia are not innervated.
Acanthus
Definition:
(n.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech.
(n.) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.
Example Sentences:
(1) In general P. megalurus rediae resemble more closely rediae of the philophthalmid Parorchis acanthus than they do those of P. gralli.
(2) Extrinsic enzymes were not needed for C. tilapiae excystation but were an absolute necessity for P. acanthus excystation.
(3) Excystment of metacercariae of Parorchis acanthus, Posthodiplostomoides leonensis, Posthodiplostomum sp.
(4) n. (Philophthalmidae) from the Bursa Fabricii and lower intestine; and the following previously known species, all representing new host records: Maritrema arenaria and Probolocorphye glandulosa (Microphallidae); Lyperosomum oswaldoi and L. sinuosum (Dicrocoeliidae); Cyclocoelum obscurum (Cyclocoelidae); Himasthla rhigedana (Echinostomatidae); and Parorchis acanthus (Philophthalmidae).
(5) Excystation of metacercariae of Parorchis acanthus, Posthodiplostomum nanum, Posthodiplostomum sp., Posthodiplostomoides leonensis and Clinostomum tilapiae in mammalian saline at 39 degrees C was similar to their excystation in mouse peritoneal cavity.
(6) But if you want leafiness, there are some species adapted to dry shade: acanthus, or native ferns like the hart's tongue will provide foliage without robbing water supplies.
(7) The stages of C. michiganensis resembled those of Parorchis acanthus, a philophthalmid also infecting C. californica, except for differences in the epidermal plate count of their miracidia and in their cercarial stage which was larger in P. acanthus and had a spinuous tegument with a collar of spines.