HyperDic: tragopogon_porrifolius

English > 1 sense of the expression Tragopogon porrifolius:
NOUNplantTragopogon porrifolius, salsify, oyster plant, vegetable oysterMediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root
English > Tragopogon porrifolius: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningMediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States.
Synonymssalsify, oyster plant, vegetable oyster
Member ofTragopogon, genus Tragopogongenus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and yellow or purple flower heads
Partsoyster plant, vegetable oysterlong white salsify
salsify, oyster plantedible root of the salsify plant
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Spanishbarbón, salsifí, tragopogon
Catalansalsifí, Tragopogon porrifolius

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