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salsify |
2 definitions found 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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