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SALSIFY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two long roots eaten cooked

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("salsify" is a kind of...):

root vegetable (any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "salsify"):

oyster plant; vegetable oyster (long white salsify)

black salsify; scorzonera (long black salsify)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States

Synonyms:

oyster plant; salsify; Tragopogon porrifolius; vegetable oyster

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("salsify" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "salsify"):

oyster plant; vegetable oyster (long white salsify)

oyster plant; salsify (edible root of the salsify plant)

Holonyms ("salsify" is a member of...):

genus Tragopogon; Tragopogon (genus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and yellow or purple flower heads)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Edible root of the salsify plant

Synonyms:

oyster plant; salsify

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("salsify" is a kind of...):

root ((botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground)

Holonyms ("salsify" is a part of...):

oyster plant; salsify; Tragopogon porrifolius; vegetable oyster (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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