1. Edible root of the salsify plant
   - salsify 
2. Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States
   - salsify, vegetable oyster, Tragopogon porrifolius 
3. Long white salsify
   - vegetable oyster

Derived forms: oyster plants

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant, root, salsify

Part of: genus Tragopogon, Tragopogon

Encyclopedia: Oyster plant

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