| NOUN | plant | vegetable oyster, salsify, oyster plant, Tragopogon porrifolius | Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root |
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| food | vegetable oyster, oyster plant | long white salsify |
| Meaning | Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States. | |
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| Synonyms | salsify, oyster plant, Tragopogon porrifolius | |
| Member of | Tragopogon, genus Tragopogon | genus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and yellow or purple flower heads |
| Parts | oyster plant, vegetable oyster | long white salsify |
| salsify, oyster plant | edible root of the salsify plant | |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Spanish | barbón, salsifí, tragopogon | |
| Catalan | salsifí, Tragopogon porrifolius | |
| Meaning | long white salsify. | |
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| Synonym | oyster plant | |
| Part of | 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 | salsify | Either of two long roots eaten cooked |
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