Found 2 items, similar to salsify.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: salsify 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
English → English (gcide) Definition: salsify Goat's beard \Goat's beard\, goatsbeard \goatsbeard\n. (Bot.), A weedy European annual with yellow flowers, of the genus Tragopogon; -- so named from the long silky beard of the seeds. One species is the salsify or oyster plant; it is naturalized in US. Syn: meadow salsify, shepherd's clock, Tragopogon pratensis . [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]