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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹəmɛts/

Definition 1:
• A purported zoophyte, half-animal and half-plant, said to grow in the form of a sheep.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: Scythian lamb, vegetable lamb, vegetable lamb of Tartary
Labels: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

Definition 2:
• A golden chicken fern or woolly fern (Cibotium barometz), the rhizomes of which are covered in furry brown hair; the legend (sense 1) is supposed to have arisen because, when inverted, the rhizomes with stalks growing out of them resemble lambs.

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/barometz