vegetable lamb

English

WOTD – 4 July 2017

An artist’s conception of a vegetable lamb, originally from a 1696 work.

Etymology

A shortened version of vegetable lamb of Tartary.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌvɛdʒtəbəl ˈlam/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌvɛdʒtəbəl ˈlæm/, /ˌvɛtʃ-/, /ˌvɛdʒətəbəl ˈlæm/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -æm
• Hyphenation: vege‧ta‧ble lamb

Noun

vegetable lamb (plural vegetable lambs)

1. (mythology) A legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches.

   Synonyms: barometz, lamb of Tartary, Tartarian lamb

Translations

legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches

• Arabic: نَبْتَة الْحَمَل التَّتَارِيَّة f (nabtat al-ḥamal at-tatāriyya)
• Catalan: corder vegetal de Tartària m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 植物羊 (zh) (zhíwùyáng)

• Dutch: barometz n, plantaardige lam van Tartarije n
• French: agneau tartare m, agneau de Scythie m, barometz (fr) m
• Galician: año vexetal m
• German: Skythisches Lamm n, Pflanzliches Lamm n, Baumlamm n
• Greek: σκυθικός αμνός m (skythikós amnós), φυτικό αρνί της Ταρταρίας n (fytikó arní tis Tartarías)
• Hungarian: tatár bárányfű, zöldségesbárány
• Italian: agnello vegetale della Tartaria m
• Japanese: バロメッツ (baromettsu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: agnus scythicus m, agnus vegetābilis m, agnus tartaricus m
• Portuguese: cordeiro vegetal m, cordeiro vegetal da Tartária m, borametz m
• Russian: баране́ц m (baranéc), боране́ц m (boranéc), бораме́ц m (boraméc), тата́рский ове́н m (tatárskij ovén), а́гнец ски́фский m (ágnec skífskij)
• Spanish: cordero vegetal de Tartaria m
• Swedish: tatariskt växtlamm n
• Thai: ต้นแกะแห่งทาทารี (dtôn-gɛ̀ hɛ̀ng taa-taa-rii)
• Vietnamese: cây cừu

See also

• watersheep

Further reading

• Vegetable Lamb of Tartary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia