barometz /ˈbæɹəmɛts/ noun2 •A purported zoophyte, half-animal and half-plant, said to grow in the form of a sheep.[...] I say to you what I should say if any little Barometzes should come under my care. It is more on the imaginary side than the matter of fact. — 1919 •A golden chicken fern or woolly fern (Cibotium barometz), the rhizomes of which are covered in furry brown hair; the legend is supposed to have arisen because, when inverted, the rhizomes with stalks growing out of them resemble lambs. formsbarometzes
