BAROMETZ
\bˈaɹə͡ʊməts], \bˈaɹəʊməts], \b_ˈa_ɹ_əʊ_m_ə_t_s]\
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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bar'o-metz, n. the hairy prostrate stem of a fern found near the Caspian Sea, at one time supposed to be at once plant and animal, to grow on a stalk, and to eat grass like a lamb, &c.; hence also called, as by Mandeville, the Scythian Lamb. [Erroneous form of Russ. baranetz, dim. of baran, ram.]
By Thomas Davidson
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