acanthine

/ -θiːn, əˈkænθaɪn /

adjective

of or resembling an acanthus
decorated with acanthus leaves

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Man and morality, however, disappearing at intervals, the acanthine capitals have a kind of later Venetian beauty about them, as the Venetian birds also, the conventional peacocks, or birds wholly of fantasy, amid the long fantastic foliage.