barometz

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Possible the barnacle, like the barometz of Tartarean lamb, may be a survivor of the day when the animal and vegetable kingdoms had not yet branched off into different directions FN#40] Arab.

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  1. The decumbent caudex of the fern Dicksonia Barometz, also called Agnus Scythicus, the Scythian or Tatarian lamb. See Agnus Scythicus, under agnus. Also written boramez.

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  • Possible the barnacle, like the barometz of Tartarean lamb, may be a survivor of the day when the animal and vegetable kingdoms had not yet branched off into different directions FN#40] Arab. —  Arabian nights. English
  • Possible the barnacle, like the barometz of Tartarean lamb, may be a survivor of the day when the animal and vegetable kingdoms had not yet branched off into different directions. —  Arabian nights. English
 

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  1. apparently an erroneous transliteration of Russian baranetsŭ, clubmoss, connected with baranŭ, a ram, sheep.
 

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