Definition of salsify Salsify
sal•si•fy
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What does salsify mean?
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NounPlural: salsifies |
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| salsify - Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States | ||
| oyster plant, vegetable oyster, Tragopogon porrifolius | ||
| herbaceous plant, herb aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities | ||
| genus tragopogon, tragopogon genus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and yellow or purple flower heads | ||
| vegetable oyster, oyster plant long white salsify | ||
| salsify - either of two long roots eaten cooked | ||
| root vegetable any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers | ||
| vegetable oyster, oyster plant long white salsify | ||
| salsify - edible root of the salsify plant | ||
| oyster plant | ||
| root the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support | ||
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Wiktionary 
- salsify (Noun)
The edible root of these plants.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- salsify (n.)
See Oyster plant (a), under Oyster.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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salsify
(Tragopogon) Genus of plants of the aster family with edible roots
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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salsify
sal′si-fi, n. a biennial plant growing in meadows throughout Europe, whose long and tapering root has a flavour resembling asparagus—also Sal′safy—often called Oyster-plant.—Black salsify, the related scorzonera. [Fr.,—It. sassefrica, goat's-beard—L. saxum, a rock, fricāre, to rub.]
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🔤- salsify, noun, singular of salsifies.
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