† bucks-beardn.
Obsolete.
A plant: Goats-beard; Salsify.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > goat's beard
goat's beardc1400
bucks-beard1551
Joseph's flower1578
Tragopogon1578
noontide1597
John-go-to-bed-at-noon1759
sleep-at-noon1779
nap-at-noon1828
jack-go-to-bed-at-noon1847
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > salsify
goat's beardc1400
bucks-beard1551
salsify1706
vegetable oyster1806
oyster plant1812
1551 W. Turner Herball (1568) i. 59 Dioscorides writeth no more of bukkes beard but that it is good to eat.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xvii. 167 The Spaniardes Scurzonera seemeth also to be a kinde of Tragopogon or Buckesbearde.
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