词根词缀：acantho-, acanth-, -acanth, -acanths, -acanthid, -acanthous

【来源及含义】Greek: used either as a prefix or as a suffix; pointed appendages; spine, spiny; thorn, thorny

【同源单词】acanth, acantha, acanthaceous, acanthamebiasis, acanthamoeba, acanthesthesia

词根词缀：clado-, clad-, -cladous

【来源及含义】Greek klados: shoot, young branch; branch; twig

【同源单词】acanthocladous, clade, cladistics, cladocarpous, cladodont, cladogenesis

词根词缀：-ous, -ious, -eous

【来源及含义】Latin: full of or having the qualities of; in chemistry, a suffix denoting that the element indicated by the name bearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted by the termination -ic; as, nitrous, sulphurous, etc., as contrasted with nitric, sulphuric, etc.

【相关描述】Only a small number of the hundreds of examples are presented because there are just too many to include at this time.

【同源单词】abdominous, abiogenous, ablepharous, abstemious, acanthaceous, acanthocephalous