English > genus Tragopogon: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | genus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and yellow or purple flower heads. |
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Synonym | Tragopogon |
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Member of | Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family | plants with heads composed of many florets |
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Members | meadow salsify, goatsbeard, shepherd's clock, Tragopogon pratensis | weedy European annual with yellow flowers |
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salsify, oyster plant, vegetable oyster, Tragopogon porrifolius | Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root |
Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
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Spanish | genus tragopogon, tragopogon |
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Catalan | genus tragopogon, tragopogon |
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