vegetable lamb
English edit
Etymology edit
A shortened version of vegetable lamb of Tartary.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌvɛdʒtəbəl ˈlam/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌvɛdʒtəbəl ˈlæm/, /ˌvɛtʃ-/, /ˌvɛdʒətəbəl ˈlæm/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -æm
- Hyphenation: vege‧ta‧ble lamb
Noun edit
vegetable lamb (plural vegetable lambs)
- (mythology) A legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches.
- Synonyms: barometz, lamb of Tartary, Tartarian lamb
Translations edit
legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Henry Lee (1887) The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary: A Curious Fable of the Cotton Plant; to which is Added a Sketch of the History of Cotton and the Cotton Trade, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, →OCLC, redrawn from Joanne Zahn [Johannes Zahn] (1696) Specula Physico-Mathematico-Historica Notabilium Ac Mirabilium Sciendorum, Nuremberg: Literis Knorzianis Norimbergae Lochner, →OCLC.
Further reading edit
- Vegetable Lamb of Tartary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia