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CIBOTIUM BAROMETZ
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cibotium barometz mean?
• CIBOTIUM BAROMETZ (noun)
The noun CIBOTIUM BAROMETZ has 1 sense:
1. Asiatic tree fern having dense matted hairs sometimes used as a styptic
Familiarity information: CIBOTIUM BAROMETZ used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Asiatic tree fern having dense matted hairs sometimes used as a styptic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cibotium barometz; Scythian lamb
Hypernyms ("Cibotium barometz" is a kind of...):
tree fern (any of numerous usually tropical ferns having a thick woody stem or caudex and a crown of large fronds; found especially in Australia and New Zealand; chiefly of the families Cyatheaceae and Marattiaceae but some from Polypodiaceae)
Holonyms ("Cibotium barometz" is a member of...):
Cibotium; genus Cibotium (in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae: ornamental tree ferns with coarse gracefully drooping fronds)
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