Vegetable Lamb of Tartary

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The Vegetable Lamb in a 17th century illustration

The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary is a mythical plant used by medieval thinkers to explain the existence of an imported fabric: cotton. It was known under various other names including the Sythian Lamb, the Borometz, and the Borametz.

The plant was believed to grow sheep as its fruit.

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See also: Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, Cotton, Fruit, History, Middle Ages, Sheep