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Barometz
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Barometz, n. [Cf. Russ. baranets' clubmoss.].
The woolly-skinned rhizoma or rootstock of a fern (Dicksonia barometz ), which, when specially prepared and inverted, somewhat resembles a lamb; -- called also Scythian lamb . [1913 Webster]
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