† ˈbucks-beardObs. [A transl. of Gr. τραγοπώγων.] A plant: Goats-beard; Salsify. 1551Turner Herbal i. (1568) 59 Dioscorides writeth no more of bukkes beard but that it is good to eat.1578Lyte Dodoens ii. xvii. 167 The Spaniardes Scurzonera seemeth also to be a kinde of Tragopogon or Buckesbearde.