Salsify

[sælsaifi]

Definition

(noun.) either of two long roots eaten cooked.

(noun.) Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States.

(noun.) edible root of the salsify plant.

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Definition

(n.) See Oyster plant (a), under Oyster.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [Written also Salsafy.] Oyster-plant (Tragopogon porrifolius).

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Definition

n. a biennial plant growing in meadows throughout Europe whose long and tapering root has a flavour resembling asparagus—also Sal′safy—often called Oyster-plant.—Black salsify the related scorzonera.

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