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Cibotium

noun

in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae: ornamental tree ferns with coarse gracefully drooping fronds

• Syn: ↑genus Cibotium

• Hypernyms: ↑fern genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Dicksoniaceae, ↑family Dicksoniaceae

• Member Meronyms: ↑Scythian lamb, ↑Cibotium barometz

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\\sə̇ˈbōd.ēəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kibōtion, diminutive of kibōtos box, chest

: a genus of ornamental tree ferns (family Cyatheaceae) with coarse gracefully drooping fronds bluish green on the under side and with 2-valved indusia (as the Scythian lamb)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.