Definitions For Barometz

Noun

BAROMETZ (plural es) (mythology) A purported#adjective, purported zoophyte, half-animal and half-plant#noun, plant, said to grow in the form#noun, form of a sheep. : The or (Cibotium barometz), the rhizomes of which are cover#verb, covered in furry#adjecive, furry brown#adjective, brown hair; the legend (sense 1) is supposed to have arisen because, when invert#verb, inverted, the rhizomes with stalk#noun, stalks growing out of them resemble lamb#noun, lambs.

Alternative forms

baromez borametz

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 植物羊 (zhíwùyáng) Dutch: barometz, n French: barometz, m German: Baumlamm, n, Pflanzliches Lamm, n, Skythisches Lamm, n Japanese: バロメッツ (baromettsu) Portuguese: borametz, m Russian: баранец, m, бораме́ц, m, боране́ц, m Ukrainian: баранець Chinese: : Mandarin: 金狗毛蕨 (jīngǒumáojué) Finnish: kiinanentinsiipi German: chinesischer Schatullenfarn, m Indonesian: penawar jambi Malay: pokok ayam emas Minangkabau: paku simpai Thai: ว่านลูกไก่ทอง Vietnamese: cẩu tích

See also

watersheep

Etymology

Possibly a corruption of , from бара́н, t=ram (male sheep) + -ец, pos=.

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