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salsify has definitions from the fields of chemistry,food,botany
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[ noun ] (botany) Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States

Synonyms

vegetable_oyster Tragopogon_porrifolius oyster_plant

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herb Tragopogon oyster_plant

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[ noun ] (botany) edible root of the salsify plant

Synonyms

oyster_plant

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root

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[ noun ] (chemistry,food) either of two long roots eaten cooked

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root_vegetable scorzonera oyster_plant

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