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Definition of Scythian lamb
1. Noun. Asiatic tree fern having dense matted hairs sometimes used as a styptic.
Generic synonyms: Tree Fern
Group relationships: Cibotium, Genus Cibotium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scythian Lamb
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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