\Scim"i*ter\, Scimitar \Scim"i*tar\, n. [F. cimeterre,
cf. It. scimitarra, Sp. cimitarra; fr. Biscayan cimetarra
with a sharp edge; or corrupted from Per. shimsh[=i]r.]
1. A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the
   convex side, -- in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs
   and persians. [Written also {cimeter}, and {scymetar}.]
2. A long-handled billhook. See {Billhook}.
{Scimiter pods} (Bot.), the immense curved woody pods of a
   leguminous woody climbing plant ({Entada scandens})
   growing in tropical India and America. They contain hard
   round flattish seeds two inches in diameter, which are
   made into boxes.