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Salsify

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A European plant (Tragopogon porrifolius) having grasslike leaves, purple flower heads, and an edible taproot.

n. The root of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Tragopogon, most of which have purple flowers.

n. The edible root of these plants.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A plant, Tragopogon porrifolius.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. edible root of the salsify plant

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

n. either of two long roots eaten cooked

Word Usage

"Unfortunately, salsify is often hard to come by because it's so difficult to harvest, but if you can't find any, celeriac is a perfectly acceptable substitute."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

root herbaceous plant Herb

Cross Reference

black salsify oyster plant

Variant

oyster

Form

western salsify black salsify yellow salsify common salsify meadow salsify

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

loogie calamari legume tureen deaconess