Acanthopanax

noun

Ac·​an·​thop·​a·​nax

-ˈthäpəˌnaks

: a genus of prickly shrubs and trees (family Araliaceae) native to temperate Asia that have handsome palmate leaves and produce green flowers in much-branched clusters

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from acanth- + Panax

First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined above

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