acanthus mollis

1. 1.

   widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers

   Synonymsbear's breechbear's breechessea holly

   Broaderacanthus

Questions about acanthus mollis

What does acanthus mollis mean?

acanthus mollis means "widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers".

What is another word for acanthus mollis?

Close synonyms include bear's breech, bear's breeches, sea holly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is acanthus mollis a common word?

acanthus mollis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.