VEGETABLE SHEEP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vegetable sheep mean? 

• VEGETABLE SHEEP (noun)
  The noun VEGETABLE SHEEP has 2 senses:

1. perennial prostrate mat-forming herb with hoary woolly foliage

2. cushion-forming New Zealand herb having leaves densely covered with tawny hairs

  Familiarity information: VEGETABLE SHEEP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VEGETABLE SHEEP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial prostrate mat-forming herb with hoary woolly foliage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Raoulia australis; Raoulia lutescens; sheep plant; vegetable sheep

Hypernyms ("vegetable sheep" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("vegetable sheep" is a member of...):

genus Raoulia; Raoulia (genus of low-growing mat-forming New Zealand plants; in some classifications includes species placed in genus Haastia)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cushion-forming New Zealand herb having leaves densely covered with tawny hairs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Haastia pulvinaris; sheep plant; vegetable sheep

Hypernyms ("vegetable sheep" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("vegetable sheep" is a member of...):

genus Haastia; Haastia (genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs: vegetable sheep)