About The Word Salsify
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Salsify
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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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