Meanings
nounvegetable lamb (plural vegetable lambs)
plural vegetable lambs
- human sciencesA legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches.
Synonyms: barometz, lamb of Tartary, Tartarian lamb
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches.
Origin
A shortened version of vegetable lamb of Tartary.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نَبْتَة الْحَمَل التَّتَارِيَّة
- نَبْتَة الْحَمَل التَّتَارِيَّة (nabtat al-ḥamal at-tatāriyya)legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
Catalan corder vegetal de Tartària
- corder vegetal de Tartàrialegendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
Chinese Mandarin 植物羊
- 植物羊 (zhíwùyáng)legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
Dutch barometz, plantaardige lam van Tartarije
- barometzlegendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
- plantaardige lam van Tartarijelegendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
Finnish kasvilammas
- kasvilammaslegendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
French agneau tartare, agneau de Scythie
- agneau tartarelegendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
- agneau de Scythielegendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
- barometzlegendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
German Skythisches Lamm, Pflanzliches Lamm
- Skythisches Lammlegendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
- Pflanzliches Lammlegendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
- Baumlammlegendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
Greek σκυθικός αμνός, φυτικό αρνί της Ταρταρίας
- σκυθικός αμνός (skythikós amnós)legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
- φυτικό αρνί της Ταρταρίας (fytikó arní tis Tartarías)legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
Hungarian tatár bárányfű, zöldségesbárány
- tatár bárányfűlegendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
- zöldségesbáránylegendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
Italian agnello vegetale della Tartaria
- agnello vegetale della Tartarialegendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
Japanese バロメッツ
- バロメッツ (baromettsu)legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
Korean 바로메츠
- 바로메츠 (baromecheu)legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
Latin agnus scythicus, agnus vegetābilis
- agnus scythicuslegendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
- agnus vegetābilislegendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
- agnus tartaricuslegendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
Polish jagnię scytyjskie
- jagnię scytyjskielegendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
Portuguese cordeiro vegetal, cordeiro vegetal da Tartária
- cordeiro vegetallegendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
- cordeiro vegetal da Tartárialegendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
- borametzlegendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
Russian баране́ц, боране́ц
- баране́ц (baranéc)legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
- боране́ц (boranéc)legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
- бораме́ц (boraméc)legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
- тата́рский ове́н (tatárskij ovén)legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
- а́гнец ски́фский (ágnec skífskij)legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
Spanish cordero vegetal de Tartaria
- cordero vegetal de Tartarialegendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
Swedish tatariskt växtlamm
- tatariskt växtlammlegendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
Thai ต้นแกะแห่งทาทารี
- ต้นแกะแห่งทาทารี (dtôn-gɛ̀ hɛ̀ng taa-taa-rii)legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
Vietnamese cây cừu
- cây cừulegendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with vegetable lamb
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