Phrase guide

vegetable lamb

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌvɛdʒtəbəl ˈlam/
  • General-American: /ˌvɛdʒtəbəl ˈlæm/
  • General-American: /ˌvɛtʃ-/
  • General-American: /ˌvɛdʒətəbəl ˈlæm/
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  • rhymes with -æm

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noun

Meaning 1

A legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: barometz, lamb of Tartary, Tartarian lamb

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

A shortened version of vegetable lamb of Tartary.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نَبْتَة الْحَمَل التَّتَارِيَّة (nabtat al-ḥamal at-tatāriyya) — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Catalan: corder vegetal de Tartària — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Chinese Mandarin: 植物羊 (zhíwùyáng) — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Dutch: barometz — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Dutch: plantaardige lam van Tartarije — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • French: agneau tartare — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • French: agneau de Scythie — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • French: barometz — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Galician: año vexetal — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • German: Skythisches Lamm — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • German: Pflanzliches Lamm — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • German: Baumlamm — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Greek: σκυθικός αμνός (skythikós amnós) — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Greek: φυτικό αρνί της Ταρταρίας (fytikó arní tis Tartarías) — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Hungarian: tatár bárányfű — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Hungarian: zöldségesbárány — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Italian: agnello vegetale della Tartaria — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Japanese: バロメッツ (baromettsu) — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Korean: 바로메츠 (baromecheu) — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Latin: agnus scythicus — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Latin: agnus vegetābilis — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Latin: agnus tartaricus — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Portuguese: cordeiro vegetal — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Portuguese: cordeiro vegetal da Tartária — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Portuguese: borametz — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Russian: баране́ц (baranéc) — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Russian: боране́ц (boranéc) — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Russian: бораме́ц (boraméc) — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Russian: тата́рский ове́н (tatárskij ovén) — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Russian: а́гнец ски́фский (ágnec skífskij) — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Spanish: cordero vegetal de Tartaria — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Swedish: tatariskt växtlamm — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Thai: ต้นแกะแห่งทาทารี (dtôn-gɛ̀ hɛ̀ng taa-taa-rii) — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches
  • Vietnamese: cây cừu — legendary plant believed to grow sheep from its branches