salsify
English Thesaurus
1. either of two long roots eaten cooked (noun.food)
hypernym | : | root vegetable, |
definition | : | any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers (noun.food) |
2. Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | herb, herbaceous plant, |
definition | : | a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests (noun.plant) |
member meronym | : | genus tragopogon, tragopogon, |
definition | : | genus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and yellow or purple flower heads (noun.plant) |
3. edible root of the salsify plant (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | root, |
definition | : | (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground (noun.plant) |
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