vegetable lamb
English
Etymology
A shortened version of vegetable lamb of Tartary.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌvɛdʒtəbəl ˈlam/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌvɛdʒtəbəl ˈlæm/, /ˌvɛtʃ-/, /ˌvɛdʒətəbəl ˈlæm/
Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -æm
- Hyphenation: vege‧ta‧ble lamb
Noun
vegetable lamb (plural vegetable lambs)
Translations
legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
See also
References
- ^ 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
- Vegetable Lamb of Tartary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia