Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Salsify — Taxobox name = Goatsbeards image width = 250px image caption = Purple Salsify, Tragopogon porrifolius regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Asterales familia = Asteraceae tribus = Cichorieae genus = Tragopogon… … Wikipedia
salsify — /sal seuh fee/, n., pl. salsifies. a purple flowered, composite plant, Tragopogon porrifolius, whose root has an oyster like flavor and is used as a culinary vegetable. Also called oyster plant, vegetable oyster. [1690 1700; < F salsifis, var. of … Universalium
salsify — Goat s beard Goat s beard, goatsbeard goatsbeard . (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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
yellow goatsbeard — noun : a European herb (Tragopogon pratensis) that is naturalized as a weed in No. America and that has keeled leaves and yellow heads of flowers that close by noon called also meadow salsify … Useful english dictionary
Western Salsify — Taxobox name = Western Salsify image width = 250px image caption = Western Salsify, Tragopogon dubius regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Asterales familia = Asteraceae genus = Tragopogon species = T. dubius… … Wikipedia
black salsify — noun 1. perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrots • Syn: ↑viper s grass, ↑scorzonera, ↑Scorzonera hispanica • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant … Useful english dictionary
meadow salsify — noun weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States • Syn: ↑goatsbeard, ↑shepherd s clock, ↑Tragopogon pratensis • Hypernyms: ↑wildflower, ↑wild flower • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers. Also called star of Jerusalem. * * * … Universalium
wild flower — noun wild or uncultivated flowering plant • Syn: ↑wildflower • Hypernyms: ↑angiosperm, ↑flowering plant, ↑wilding • Hyponyms: ↑sagebrush buttercup, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
wildflower — noun wild or uncultivated flowering plant • Syn: ↑wild flower • Hypernyms: ↑angiosperm, ↑flowering plant, ↑wilding • Hyponyms: ↑sagebrush buttercup, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
