different between mythical vs barometz

English

Etymology

myth +? -ical

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?th'?k?l, IPA^(key): /?m???k?l/

Adjective

mythical (comparative more mythical, superlative most mythical)

1. Existing in myth.
2. (by extension) Not real; false or fabricated.

Synonyms

• mythic
• legendary

Derived terms

• mythicality
• mythicalness

Translations

See also

• mythological

English

Etymology

Possibly a corruption of Russian ???????? (baranéc, “species of club moss (genus Lycopodium)”), from ?????? (barán, “ram (male sheep)”) + -?? (-ec, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?bæ??m?ts/
• Hyphenation: ba?ro?metz

Noun

barometz (plural barometzes)

1. (mythology) A purported zoophyte, half-animal and half-plant, said to grow in the form of a sheep.

   Synonyms: Scythian lamb, vegetable lamb, vegetable lamb of Tartary
2. The golden chicken fern or woolly fern (Cibotium barometz), the rhizomes of which are covered in furry brown hair; the legend (sense 1) is supposed to have arisen because, when inverted, the rhizomes with stalks growing out of them resemble lambs.

Alternative forms

• baromez
• borametz

Translations

See also

• watersheep

Notes

References

Further reading

• Vegetable Lamb of Tartary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cibotium barometz on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cibotium barometz on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• borametz