| vegetable oyster n. See salsify. |
vegetable oyster
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for salsify [1]
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| Noun | 1. |  vegetable oyster - Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United Statesvegetable oyster, oyster plant - long white salsify genus Tragopogon, Tragopogon - genus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and yellow or purple flower heads oyster plant, salsify - edible root of the salsify plant herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests |
| 2. |  vegetable oyster - long white salsify salsify - either of two long roots eaten cooked Tragopogon porrifolius, vegetable oyster, oyster plant, salsify - 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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