Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scythian \Scyth"i*an\, a.
   Of or pertaining to Scythia (a name given to the northern
   part of Asia, and Europe adjoining to Asia), or its language
   or inhabitants.

   {Scythian lamb}. (Bot.) See {Barometz}.

Barometz \Bar"o*metz\, n. [Cf. Russ. baranets' clubmoss.] (Bot.)
   The woolly-skinned rhizoma or rootstock of a fern ({Dicksonia
   barometz}), which, when specially prepared and inverted,
   somewhat resembles a lamb; -- called also {Scythian lamb}.

Source : WordNet®

Scythian lamb
     n : Asiatic tree fern having dense matted hairs sometimes used
         as a styptic [syn: {Cibotium barometz}]