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Vegetable sheep

noun

Perennial prostrate mat-forming herb with hoary woolly foliage. Synonyms: Raoulia australis, Raoulia lutescens, sheep plant.

Cushion-forming New Zealand herb having leaves densely covered with tawny hairs. Synonyms: Haastia pulvinaris, sheep plant.

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Etymology of 'Vegetable sheep'

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"Vegetable sheep" Quotes from Famous Books

... conical mountain surrounded on three sides by the sea. Banks notes on the sides of the hill "many white lumps in companies which bore much resemblance to flocks of sheep." These were a peculiar plant, Raoulia mammillaris (Hooker), known in New Zealand as vegetable sheep. Fires were seen, the first sign of inhabitants ...

— The Life of Captain James Cook • Arthur Kitson

Words linked to "Vegetable sheep" : Raoulia, herb, genus Haastia, sheep plant, herbaceous plant, Haastia, genus Raoulia, Haastia pulvinaris