ἀκάνθινος

English (LSJ)

η, ον,

   A of thorns, στέφανος Ev.Marc.15.17, Jo.19.5.    2 metaph., thorny, ἐν ἀ. ἀταρποῖς Anacreont.53.12.    II of shittah-wood, ἱστός Hdt. 2.96; ξύλα PLond.3.1177.191 (ii A. D.); τὰ ἀ. cloths made of ἀκάνθιον 2, Str.3.5.10.    2 ἀ. πάππος thistle-down, Dsc.4.81.