A-căn’thīne, a.

a. [Lat. acanthinus, Gr. ἀκάνθινος, thorny, from acanthus, ἄκανθος. See ACANTHUS.] Pertaining to the plant Acanthus. The acanthine garments of the ancients were made of the down of thistles, or embroidered in imitation of the acanthus.