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Webster 1913 Edition
Acanthine
A-can′thine
,Adj.
[L.
acanthinus
, Gr. [GREEK], thorny, fr. [GREEK]. See Acanthus
.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus.
Webster 1828 Edition
Acanthine
ACANTH'INE
, a [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.
Definition 2024
acanthine
acanthine
English
Adjective
acanthine (comparative more acanthine, superlative most acanthine)
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus, or its leaves. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][2]
References
- ↑ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5)
- ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7)