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  1. Salsify
    (Tragopogon) This vegetable (also known as Salsify and Vegetable Oyster) is grown for its edible roots. A slow growing biennial, this plant is grown as a long-season annual. Salsify grows wild in Europe and is naturalized in some parts of North America. It forms large tufts of wide, grass-like leave...
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  2. salsify
    [n] - edible root of the salsify plant 2. [n] - Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root 3. [n] - either of two long roots eaten cooked
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  3. Salsify
    Sal'si·fy noun [ French salsifis .] (Botany) See Oyster plant (a) , under Oyster .
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/9

  4. salsify
    <botany> See Oyster plant, under Oyster. ... Origin: F. Salsifis. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?salsify

  5. salsify
    noun either of two long roots eaten cooked
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=salsify

  6. salsify
    oyster plant noun Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=salsify

  7. Salsify
    • (n.) See Oyster plant (a), under Oyster.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/salsify/



  1. salsify
    biennial herb of the family Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region. The thick white taproot is cooked as a vegetable and has a flavour ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/16

  2. Salsify
    Tragopogon, also known as salsify or goatsbeard, is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family Asteraceae that has over 140 species, including the vegetable known as salsify, as well as a number of common wild flowers, some of which are usually regarded as weeds. Salsifies are forbs growin...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salsify

  3. salsify
    salsify, common name for a tall, narrow-leaved biennial (Tragopogon porrifolius) of the family Asteraceae (aster family), native to S Europe but now naturalized and sometimes growing as a weed in North America. Known also as purple goatsbeard, oyster plant, and vegetable oyster, it is widely cultiva...
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  4. Salsify
    Salsify is a purple-flowered composite plant whose root has an oyster-like flavour and is used as a culinary vegetable. It is also known as the oyster plant. vegetable oyster and purple goat's beard.
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  5. salsify
    Hardy biennial plant native to the Mediterranean region. Its white fleshy roots and spring shoots are cooked and eaten; the roots are said to taste like oysters. (Tragopogon porrifolius, family Compositae.)
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0014403.html

  6. Salsify
    [disambiguation] Salsify is a genus of plant. Salsify may also refer to: ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salsify_(disambiguation)

  7. salsify
    1) Oyster plant 2) Root 3) Root vegetable
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/salsify/1

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