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barometz.

A purported zoophyte, half-animal and half-plant, said to grow in the form of a sheep.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbæɹəmɛts/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. A purported zoophyte, half-animal and half-plant, said to grow in the form of a sheep.

  2. A golden chicken fern or woolly fern (Cibotium barometz), the rhizomes of which are covered in furry brown hair; the legend (sense 1) is supposed to have arisen because, when inverted, the rhizomes with stalks growing out of them resemble lambs.

Where this word comes from

Possibly a corruption of Russian баране́ц (baranéc, “species of club moss (genus Lycopodium)”, from бара́н (barán, “ram (male sheep)”) + -ец (-ec, diminutive suffix)).

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