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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Salsify \Sal"si*fy\ (?; 277), n. [F. salsifis.] (Bot.)
See {Oyster plant}
(a), under {Oyster}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
salsify
n 1: edible root of the salsify plant [syn: {oyster plant}]
2: Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of
purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root;
naturalized throughout United States [syn: {oyster plant},
{vegetable oyster}, {Tragopogon porrifolius}]
3: either of two long roots eaten cooked
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