salsify – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
salsify
n.
(Botany) European plant which has leaves that resemble grass and purple flowers and a long root; root of the salsify plant that is eaten as vegetable
Salsify
salsify
Noun
1. edible root of the salsify plant
(synonym) oyster plant
(hypernym) root
(part-holonym) oyster plant, vegetable oyster, Tragopogon porrifolius
2. Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States
(synonym) oyster plant, vegetable oyster, Tragopogon porrifolius
(hypernym) herb, herbaceous plant
(member-holonym) Tragopogon, genus Tragopogon
(part-meronym) oyster plant, vegetable oyster
3. either of two long roots eaten cooked
(hypernym) root vegetable
(hyponym) oyster plant, vegetable oyster
Salsify
(n.)
See Oyster plant (a), under Oyster.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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