SCYTHIAN LAMB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Scythian lamb mean? 

• SCYTHIAN LAMB (noun)
  The noun SCYTHIAN LAMB has 1 sense:

1. Asiatic tree fern having dense matted hairs sometimes used as a styptic

  Familiarity information: SCYTHIAN LAMB used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCYTHIAN LAMB (noun)

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Meaning:

Asiatic tree fern having dense matted hairs sometimes used as a styptic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cibotium barometz; Scythian lamb

Hypernyms ("Scythian lamb" 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 ("Scythian lamb" is a member of...):

Cibotium; genus Cibotium (in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae: ornamental tree ferns with coarse gracefully drooping fronds)