|
|
Definition of Barometz
1. n. 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.
Definition of Barometz
1. Noun. The woolly fern, ''Cibotium barometz''. ¹
2. Noun. A Scythian Lamb; a joke creature, supposedly half animal and half plant, made by inverting a woolly fern. ¹
3. Noun. The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, a mythical plant believed to grow sheep as its fruit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Barometz
1. a plant formerly supposed to graze like a lamb [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Barometz
1.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barometz
Literary usage of Barometz
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics: Embracing the Myths, Traditions by Richard Folkard (1884)
"Shines, gentle barometz ! thy golden hair; Rooted in earth, each cloven hoof
descends, And round and round her flexile neck she bends; Crops the gray ..."
2. Sketches of Imposture: Deception and Credulity by Richard Alfred Davenport (1837)
"... mentioned in Genesis—Pliny's Mention of it—The Root counterfeited by means of
the Briony Root—Its soporific Virtues—The Tartarian Lamb, or barometz, ..."
3. The Standard American Encyclopedia of Arts, Sciences, History, Biography by John Clark Ridpath (1897)
"barometz. Bar'on. This term, as to the origin of which much difference of opinion
exists, is probably derived from the Latin word baro, which originally ..."
4. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1857)
"Loddiges at Hackney, as the true barometz. This plant increased and in time became an
... I therefore retain the original historical name of C. barometz, ..."
5. Science Papers: Chiefly Pharmacological and Botanical by Daniel Hanbury (1876)
"Kunze, however, considered it a distinct species and named it C. Cumingii.
Cibotium " After much examination of well-authenticated specimens I barometz. ..."
6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"In 1725 Breyne, of Dantzig, declared that the barometz was only the root of a
... The Scythian Lamb; reproduced from an old book. See Cibotium barometz. AA. ..."
Other Resources:
