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Meaning of SALSIFY

Pronunciation:  'salsufI

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  either of two long roots eaten cooked
  2. [n]  Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States
  3. [n]  edible root of the salsify plant
 
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 Synonyms: oyster plant, Tragopogon porrifolius, vegetable oyster
 
 See Also: black salsify, genus Tragopogon, herb, herbaceous plant, oyster plant, root, root vegetable, salsify, scorzonera, Tragopogon, vegetable oyster

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sal"si*fy\ (?; 277), n. [F. salsifis.] (Bot.)
See {Oyster plant}
(a), under {Oyster}.
 

 

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