CIBOTIUM BAROMETZ

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Cibotium barometz; Scythian lamb

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Nouns denoting plants

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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