noun
1. edible root of the salsify plant
• Syn: ↑salsify
• Hypernyms: ↑root
• Part Holonyms: ↑salsify, ↑vegetable oyster, ↑Tragopogon porrifolius
2. Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States
• Syn: ↑salsify, ↑vegetable oyster, ↑Tragopogon porrifolius
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Tragopogon, ↑genus Tragopogon
• Part Meronyms: ↑vegetable oyster, ↑salsify
3. long white salsify
• Syn: ↑vegetable oyster
• Hypernyms: ↑salsify
• Part Holonyms: ↑salsify, ↑vegetable oyster, ↑Tragopogon porrifolius
Useful english dictionary. 2012.