the long tapering root of a plant of the daisy family, used as a vegetable
a European plant of the daisy family cultivated for its long tapering edible roots: Tragopogon porrifolius
the root of this plant, used as a vegetable
[French salsifis from obsolete Italian salsifica, prob from late Latin saxifrica any of various herbs, from Latin saxum rock + fricare to rub]