salsify

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

salsify
    n 1: edible root of the salsify plant [syn: {salsify}, {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: {salsify}, {oyster plant},
       {vegetable oyster}, {Tragopogon porrifolius}]
    3: either of two long roots eaten cooked

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Salsify \Sal"si*fy\ (?; 277), n. [F. salsifis.] (Bot.)
   See {Oyster plant}
   (a), under {Oyster}.
       [1913 Webster]

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