in botany, an obsolete name of the Centaurea jacea, or knapweed. See Centaurea.

Acanes, in geography. See Akanes.

Acangis, that is, ravagers or adventurers; a name which the Turks give their hussars or light-troops, who are generally sent out in detachments to procure intelligence, harass the enemy, or ravage the country.

Acanny, an inland country on the gold coast of Guinea in Africa, which affords the best gold, and in great plenty. There is a town or village of the same name, W. long. o. 5. lat. 8. 30.

Acantha, in botany, the prickle of any plant.

Acantha, in zoology, a term for the spine or prickly fins of fishes.

Acantha, in anatomy, an obsolete term for the spinal processes of the back.

Acanthabolus, in surgery, an instrument for pulling thorns, or the like, out of the skin.

Acanthaceous, among ancient botanists, an epithet given to thistles and other prickly plants.

Acanthe, in botany, an obsolete name for the Cyrena or artichoke. See Cyrena.

Acanthias, in ichthyology, the trivial name of a species of Squalus. See Squalus.