salsify

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noun

1. edible root of the salsify plant
• Syn:
oyster plant
• Hypernyms:
root
• Part Holonyms:
oyster plant, vegetable oyster, Tragopogon porrifolius
2. Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root;
naturalized throughout United States
• Syn:
oyster plant, vegetable oyster, Tragopogon porrifolius
• Hypernyms:
herb, herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms:
Tragopogon, genus Tragopogon
• Part Meronyms:
oyster plant, vegetable oyster
3. either of two long roots eaten cooked
• Hypernyms:
root vegetable
• Hyponyms:
oyster plant, vegetable oyster, scorzonera, black salsify