Definition of Scythian lamb

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

Exact synonyms: Cibotium Barometz
Generic synonyms: Tree Fern
Group relationships: Cibotium, Genus Cibotium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scythian Lamb

Scutellaria
Scutellaria lateriflora
Scutigera
Scutigera coleoptrata
Scutigerella
Scutigerella immaculata
Scutigeridae
Scutum
Scyliorhinidae
Scylla
Scyphozoa
Scyth
Scythia
Scythian
Scythian lamb
Scythians
Scyths
Scáthach
Se
Sea of Azof
Sea of Azoff
Sea of Azov
Sea of Cortes
Sea of Galilee
Sea of Japan
Sea of Marmara
Sea of Marmora
Sea of Okhotsk
Seabee

Literary usage of Scythian lamb

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1860)
"Mr. Hanbury examined an ancient specimen of the scythian lamb in the British Museum, as well as a living plant of Cibotium ..."

2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1882)
"The vegetal pecus was largely pecuniary in origin. In Martyn's specimen it was found that one of the legs had been introduced by art; THE scythian lamb (SIR ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"valves of the indusium nearly equal: veins prominent, rarely forked. China. 961. The scythian lamb; reproduced from an old book. ..."

4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"... or scythian lamb (Pig. 470), which, according to Bauhin, ... The scythian lamb. ... J. Sm. scythian lamb. Trunkless : Ivs. scented ..."

5. Journal of the Society of Arts by Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1860)
"The old fable of the scythian lamb seems to have .... examined an ancient specimen of the scythian lamb in the British Museum, as well as a living plant of ..."

6. Science Papers: Chiefly Pharmacological and Botanical by Daniel Hanbury (1876)
"scythian lamb preserved in the British Museum,1 as well as a living plant ... As I have alluded to the fable of the scythian lamb, and it Fable of the may ..."

7. Pot-pourri from a Surrey Garden by Maria Theresa Earle (1897)
"According to him, about the middle of the seventeenth century very little belief in the story of the scythian lamb remained among men of letters, ..."

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