Salsify definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SAL'SIFY, n. Goat's ... r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: edible root of the salsify plant [syn: salsify, oyster plant] 2: Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads ... sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States [syn: salsify, oyster plant, vegetable oyster, Tragopogon porrifolius] 3: either of two ... leaves whose bases usually clasp the stem. Goatsbeard, or meadow salsify (T. pratensis), is a weedy European species, naturalized in N ... this root used as a vegetable. Phrases and idioms: black salsify scorzonera. Etymology: F salsifis f. obs. It. salsefica, of ...
black salsify definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: perennial south ... and long black edible roots shaped like carrots [syn: black salsify, viper's grass, scorzonera, Scorzonera hispanica] 2: long black salsify [syn: scorzonera, black salsify]
yellow salsify definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: European perennial ... and each bearing a solitary pale yellow flower [syn: yellow salsify, Tragopogon dubius]
meadow salsify definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: weedy European ... annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States [syn: meadow salsify, goatsbeard, shepherd's clock, Tragopogon pratensis]
... r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: edible root of the salsify plant [syn: salsify, oyster plant] 2: Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads ... sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States [syn: salsify, oyster plant, vegetable oyster, Tragopogon porrifolius] 3: long white salsify [syn: oyster plant, vegetable oyster] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1821 salsify Webster's 1913 Dictionary Oyster Oys"ter, n. [OF. oistre ... of which, when cooked, somewhat resembles the oyster in taste; salsify; -- called also vegetable oyster. (b) A plant found on ...
... sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States [syn: salsify, oyster plant, vegetable oyster, Tragopogon porrifolius] 2: long white salsify [syn: oyster plant, vegetable oyster] Merriam Webster's noun Date: circa 1818 salsify Webster's 1913 Dictionary Oyster Oys"ter, n. [OF. oistre ... of which, when cooked, somewhat resembles the oyster in taste; salsify; -- called also vegetable oyster. (b) A plant found on the ...
... and long black edible roots shaped like carrots [syn: black salsify, viper's grass, scorzonera, Scorzonera hispanica] 2: long black salsify [syn: scorzonera, black salsify] Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 a composite plant, Scorzonera hispanica ...
... of the seabed used for breeding oysters. oyster-plant 1 = SALSIFY. 2 a blue-flowered plant, Mertensia maritima, growing on beaches ... of which, when cooked, somewhat resembles the oyster in taste; salsify; -- called also vegetable oyster. (b) A plant found on the ...
... s 1913 Dictionary Salsafy Sal"sa*fy, n. (Bot.) See Salsify. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. ; (also salsify) Oyster-plant (Tragopogon porri-folius).
... annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States [syn: meadow salsify, goatsbeard, shepherd's clock, Tragopogon pratensis] Webster's 1913 Dictionary ... composite herb (Tragopogon pratensis), of the same genus as the salsify. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sleep-at-noon Sleep"-at-noon ...