oyster plant
1. edible root of the salsify plant • Syn: salsify • Hypernyms: root • Part Holonyms: salsify, 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 • Syn: salsify, vegetable oyster, Tragopogon porrifolius • Hypernyms: herb, herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: Tragopogon, genus Tragopogon • Part Meronyms: vegetable oyster, salsify 3. long white salsify • Syn: vegetable oyster • Hypernyms: salsify • Part Holonyms: salsify, vegetable oyster, Tragopogon porrifolius
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