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Answer for the clue "Shrubs some azalea can’t hide ", 7 letters:
acanthi

Word definitions for acanthi in dictionaries

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See acanthus

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (en-irregular plural of: acanthus )

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acanthus \A*can"thus\, n.; pl. E. Acanthuses , L. Acanthi . (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech. (Arch.) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus ( Acanthus ...

Usage examples of acanthi.

There was nothing architectural, nothing monumental about it: it had no roof with iron cross, no octagon lantern, no slender pillars spreading at the margin of the roof into capitals of acanthi and flowers, no fantastic and monstrous waterspouts, no carved woodwork, no delicate sculpture deeply cut in stone.