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Salsify

Salsify Meaning & Definition
Salsify Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Salsify?

[n] either of two long roots eaten cooked
[n] Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States
[n] edible root of the salsify plant

Synonyms | Synonyms for Salsify: oyster plant | Tragopogon porrifolius | vegetable oyster

Related Terms | Find terms related to Salsify:

See Also | black salsify | genus Tragopogon | herb | herbaceous plant | oyster plant | root | root vegetable | salsify | scorzonera | Tragopogon | vegetable oyster

Salsify In Webster's Dictionary

\Sal"si*fy\ (?; 277), n. [F. salsifis.] (Bot.) See {Oyster plant} (a), under {Oyster}.

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