Meanings
plural black salsifies
- uncountableusuallyA perennial member of the sunflower family (Asteraceae), cultivated as a root vegetable (Pseudopodospermum hispanicum, syn. Scorzonera hispanica).
Black salsify is lumped in as a member of the salsify-type vegetable family even though it is a different genus and species due to similarities in its flavor and textural profile.
2008, Dolf De Rovira, Dictionary of Flavors, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 150Synonyms: scorzonera, black oyster plant, serpent root, Spanish salsify, viper's grass, viper's herb, Spanish oyster plant
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA perennial member of the sunflower family (Asteraceae), cultivated as a root vegetable (Pseudopodospermum hispanicum, syn. Scorzonera hispanica).
More synonyms by meaning
nounperennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrots
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian черен корен
- черен корен (čeren koren)Scorzonera hispanica
Catalan escurçonera
- escurçoneraScorzonera hispanica
Dutch grote schorseneer
- grote schorseneerScorzonera hispanica
Finnish mustajuuri
- mustajuuriScorzonera hispanica
French scorsonère
- scorsonèreScorzonera hispanica
German Schwarzwurzel
- SchwarzwurzelScorzonera hispanica
Hungarian feketegyökér
- feketegyökérScorzonera hispanica
Italian scorzonera di Spagna, scorzonera
- scorzonera di SpagnaScorzonera hispanica
- scorzoneraScorzonera hispanica
Polish skorzonera, wężymord
- skorzoneraScorzonera hispanica
- wężymordScorzonera hispanica
- wężymord czarny korzeńScorzonera hispanica
Portuguese escorcioneira
- escorcioneiraScorzonera hispanica
Romanian scorțoneră
- scorțonerăScorzonera hispanica
Spanish escorzonera
- escorzoneraScorzonera hispanica
Swedish svartrot
- svartrotScorzonera hispanica
Turkish sakız otu
- sakız otuScorzonera hispanica
Cite this entry
black salsify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20salsify
“black salsify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20salsify. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “black salsify,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20salsify.
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