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Salsify

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Noun

1. oyster plant, salsify

edible root of the salsify plant

2. oyster plant, salsify, tragopogon porrifolius, vegetable oyster

Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States

3. salsify

either of two long roots eaten cooked

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Salsify

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noun plural -fies
1. Also called: oyster plant, vegetable oyster
a Mediterranean plant, Tragopogon porrifolius, having grasslike leaves, purple flower heads, and a long white edible taproot: family Asteraceae (composites)
2. 
the root of this plant, which tastes of oysters and is eaten as a vegetable

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Salsify

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noun
a purple-flowered plant (Tragopogon porrifolius) of the composite family, with long, white, edible, fleshy roots having an oysterlike flavor; oyster plant

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Salsify

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n. pl. sal·si·fies
1. A European plant (Tragopogon porrifolius) in the composite family, having grasslike leaves, purple flower heads, and an edible taproot.
2. The root of this plant, eaten as a vegetable. In both senses also called oyster plant, vegetable oyster.

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