The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
barometz — /baˈrō mets/ noun 1. The Scythian lamb, a plant at one time supposed to be also animal, growing on a stalk but eating grass like a lamb, near the Caspian Sea 2. A tree fern (Cibotium or Dicksonia barometz), of the East Indies and Pacific islands … Useful english dictionary
Barometz — Barometz, s. Baranetz … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
barometz — ● barometz nom masculin Fougère du nord de la Chine, qui devait à son rhizome, entouré d un duvet soyeux, la réputation légendaire au Moyen Âge de porter des fruits d où sortaient des agneaux … Encyclopédie Universelle
barometz — noun a) The woolly fern, Cibotium barometz. b) A Scythian Lamb; a joke creature, supposedly half animal and half plant, made by inverting a woolly fern … Wiktionary
Dicksonia barometz — Barometz Bar o*metz, n. [Cf. Russ. baranets clubmoss.] (Bot.) The woolly skinned rhizoma or rootstock of a fern ({Dicksonia barometz}), which, when specially prepared and inverted, somewhat resembles a lamb; called also {Scythian lamb}. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cibotium barometz — Cibotium barometz … Wikipedia Español
Cibotium barometz — Cibotium barometz … Wikipédia en Français
Polypodium barometz — Cibotium barometz Cibotium barometz … Wikipédia en Français
Cibotium barometz — Cibotium barometz … Wikipédia en Français
Cibotium barometz — The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary from Svenska Familj Journalen, 1879 Scientific classification … Wikipedia
