Salsify
noun, plural salsifies.
1.
a purple-flowered, composite plant, Tragopogon porrifolius, whose root has an oyster-like flavor and is used as a culinary vegetable.
noun (pl) -fies
1.
Also called oyster plant, vegetable oyster. a Mediterranean plant, Tragopogon porrifolius, having grasslike leaves, purple flower heads, and a long white edible taproot: family Asteraceae (composites)
2.
the root of this plant, which tastes of oysters and is eaten as a vegetable
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