vegetable lamb
now historical
noun
A plant believed to resemble a lamb, originally supposed to be part plant and part animal; especially the tree fern Cibotium barometz, which has a woolly rhizome.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Vaughan (1621–1666), hermetic philosopher and alchemist.
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