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  "headword": "ἄκανθα",
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          "definition": "<i>thorn, prickle,</i> Arist. PA 655a19, Thphr. HP 6.1.3: hence,",
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                  "definition": "<i>any thorny</i> or <i>prickly plant</i> (in Od. 5.328 (pl.) prob. <i>Eryngium campestre</i>), S. Fr. 718, Eub. 107.19, Theoc. 1.132, etc.: prov., οὐ γὰρ ἄκανθαι no <i>thistles,</i> i.e. ‘an easy job’, Ar. Fr. 272, 483:—special kinds: ἄ. Ἀραβική <i>smaller milk-thistle, Notobasis syriaca,</i> Dsc. 3.13; ἄ. βασιλική <i>fish-thistle, Cnicus Acarna,</i> Thphr. CP 1.10.5; ἄ. Ἰνδική, = <i>Balsamodendron Mukul,</i> Id. HP 9.1.2; ἄ. λευκή <i>Acacia albida,</i> ib. 4.2.8; = ἄ. βασιλική, Dsc. 3.12; ἄ. λευκὴ τρίοζος, = <i>Euphorbia antiquorum,</i> Thphr. HP 4.4.12; ἄ. ἀκανώδης (prob.) <i>corn-thistle, Carduus arvensis,</i> ib. 10.6.",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>Spanish broom, Spartium junceum,</i> Str. 3.5.10:— = ἀκακία, ἄ. Αἰγυπτία, Thphr. HP 9.1.2. cf. POxy. 1188.10 (13 A.D.), etc.; ἄ. μέλαινα <i>Acacia arabica,</i> Thphr. HP 4.2.8, cf. Hdt. 2.96, Thd. Is. 41.19; ἄ. διψάς, = <i>Acacia tortilis,</i> Thphr. HP 4.7.1.",
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "9.12.1, Dsc. 3.8.",
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "Dsc. 3.17.",
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                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "<i>prickles</i> or <i>spines</i> of the hedgehog and of certain fish, Ion Trag. 38, Arist. HA 530b8.",
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                  "label": "6",
                  "definition": "<i>backbone</i> or <i>spine</i> of fish, A. Fr. 275, Ar. V. 969, Alex. 110.11, al.; of serpents, Hdt. 2.75, Theoc. 24.32, A.R. 4.150; of men, Hdt. 4.72, Hp. Art. 14, E. El. 492, Arist. PA 654a26, Gal. 2.451, etc.; improperly used of mammalia, acc. to Arist. APo. 98a22; of <i>the spinous processes of the vertebrae,</i> Gal. 2.758; χονδρώδεις ἄ. false ribs, Ruf. Oss. 25.",
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                  "label": "7",
                  "definition": "<i>thorny</i> questions, Luc. Hes. 5, Ath. 3.97d.",
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