Noun: vegetable sheep
- Perennial prostrate mat-forming herb with hoary woolly foliage
"The vegetable sheep formed dense white mats on the mountainside";
- sheep plant, Raoulia lutescens, Raoulia australis
- Cushion-forming New Zealand herb having leaves densely covered with tawny hairs
"Vegetable sheep dotted the mountainside like woolly clusters";
- sheep plant, Haastia pulvinaris
Derived forms: vegetable sheep
Type of: herb, herbaceous plant
Part of: genus Haastia, genus Raoulia, Haastia, Raoulia
Encyclopedia: Vegetable sheep