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salsify
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun salsify has 3 senses
- salsify(n = noun.plant) oyster plant - edible root of the salsify plant; Array is a part of oyster plant, salsify, tragopogon porrifolius, vegetable oyster
- salsify(n = noun.plant) oyster plant, tragopogon porrifolius, vegetable oyster - Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States; Array has parts: oyster plant, vegetable oyster, oyster plant, salsify
- salsify(n = noun.food) Array - either of two long roots eaten cooked; Array is a kind of root vegetable
is a kind of root
is a member of genus tragopogon, tragopogon
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
has particulars: oyster plant, vegetable oyster, black salsify, scorzonera
OXFORD DICTIONARY
salsify, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a European plant, Tragopogon porrifolius, with long cylindrical fleshy roots.
2 this root used as a vegetable.
1 a European plant, Tragopogon porrifolius, with long cylindrical fleshy roots.
2 this root used as a vegetable.
Idiom
black salsify scorzonera.
Etymology
F salsifis f. obs. It. salsefica, of unkn. orig.
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