vegetable oyster

noun

A plant of species Tragopogon porrifolius, native to the eastern Mediterranean, widely cultivated.

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purple salsifycommon salsifyoyster plantJerusalem starJack go to bedgoatsbeardsalsifyTragopogon porrifolius
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Meanings

nounvegetable oyster (plural vegetable oysters)

plural vegetable oysters

  1. A plant of species Tragopogon porrifolius, native to the eastern Mediterranean, widely cultivated.

    Synonyms: purple salsify, common salsify, oyster plant, Jerusalem star, Jack go to bed, goatsbeard, salsify

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA plant of species Tragopogon porrifolius, native to the eastern Mediterranean, widely cultivated.

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purple salsifycommon salsifyoyster plantJerusalem starJack go to bedgoatsbeardsalsify

More synonyms by meaning

nounMediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States

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salsifyoyster plantTragopogon porrifolius
Broader
herbherbaceous plant

nounlong white salsify

Similar
oyster plant
Broader
salsify
Also see
oyster plantsalsify

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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