A lamb killed as an offering to the gods. / (figuratively, by extension) A person who is sacrificed (not literally) for the greater good of some cause.

A strain of Jamaican cannabis.

Alternative form of like a lamb to the slaughter

(mythology) A legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches.

(US) The testicles of a lamb, peeled, rolled in cracker meal, fried, and served as food, a traditional dish in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky.

(historical) The lamb eaten at Passover. / (figuratively) Jesus Christ symbolized as a sacrifice.

Alternative form of Paschal Lamb

(quantum mechanics, quantum electrodynamics) A small difference between the energy levels 2S_½ and 2P_½ of the hydrogen atom, not predicted by the Dirac equation, whose detection in the Lamb–Retherford experiment of 1947 foreshadowed the development of quantum electrodynamics (in which the discrepancy is explained to be an effect of the emission and re-absorption of virtual photons); such a difference between otherwise expectedly equal energy levels of hydrogen or any other type of atom.

plural of Lamb shift

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lamb, ear.