vegetable lamb
English
WOTD – 4 July 2017
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 (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
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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 51362733, redrawn from Joanne Zahn [Johannes Zahn] (1696) Specula Physico-Mathematico-Historica Notabilium Ac Mirabilium Sciendorum, Nuremberg: Literis Knorzianis Norimbergae Lochner, OCLC 828781579.
Further reading
Vegetable Lamb of Tartary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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