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.
- pilgrimess
- Pilgrim Fathers
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- pilgrim's badge
- pilgrim's bottle
- pilgrim settler
- pilgrim shell
- pilgrim sign
- pilgrim's pouch
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- pilgrims' way
- pilgrim's way
- pilgrim's weeds
- pilgrim train
- pilgrim vase
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- pili
- piliated
- piliation
- pilidium