| 单词 | vegetable sheep |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvegetable sheep vegetable sheep n. †(a) = vegetable lamb n. (obsolete); (b) any of several New Zealand plants of either of the genera Raoulia and Haastia (family Asteraceae ( Compositae)), with greyish hairy leaves and a cushion-like growth habit, likened to a sheep when viewed from a distance. ΚΠ 1736 tr. P. J. von Strahlenberg Histori-geogr. Descr. N. & E. Europe & Asia 410 This notion of a vegetable Sheep, (for Borametz signifies a Sheep in the Russian Tongue,) gave us all the Curiosity..to enquire strictly after it. 1823 J. L. Drummond First Steps Bot. ix. 336 The plant has been described in old books, as being a vegetable sheep growing on a stem. c1862 J. von Haast in H. F. von Haast Life & Times Sir Julius Von Haast (1948) 188 There are similar plants on the ranges near Nelson, called by the shepherds ‘vegetable sheep’ as they often have taken them for so many sheep lying on the side of the mountains. 1892 Sydney Morning Herald 1 Dec. 8/4 A vegetable sheep (Raoulia mammilaria..), 41 in. in circumference, from the Alps, of the Nelson district of New Zealand. 2009 J. Fitter N.Z. Wildlife 140/2 Most remarkable are the vegetable sheep (Raoulia spp.), which from a distance look like white rocks but are in fact boulder-shaped members of the daisy family. < as lemmas |
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