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a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers. Also called star-of-Jerusalem.
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meadow salsify
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Meadow Salsify — Tragopogon pratensis subsp. pratensis Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
meadow salsify — noun weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States • Syn: ↑goatsbeard, ↑shepherd s clock, ↑Tragopogon pratensis • Hypernyms: ↑wildflower, ↑wild flower • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Salsify — Taxobox name = Goatsbeards image width = 250px image caption = Purple Salsify, Tragopogon porrifolius regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Asterales familia = Asteraceae tribus = Cichorieae genus = Tragopogon… … Wikipedia
salsify — /sal seuh fee/, n., pl. salsifies. a purple flowered, composite plant, Tragopogon porrifolius, whose root has an oyster like flavor and is used as a culinary vegetable. Also called oyster plant, vegetable oyster. [1690 1700; < F salsifis, var. of … Universalium
salsify — Goat s beard Goat s beard, goatsbeard goatsbeard . (Bot.), A weedy European annual with yellow flowers, of the genus {Tragopogon}; so named from the long silky beard of the seeds. One species is the {salsify} or {oyster plant}; it is naturalized… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Western Salsify — Taxobox name = Western Salsify image width = 250px image caption = Western Salsify, Tragopogon dubius regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Asterales familia = Asteraceae genus = Tragopogon species = T. dubius… … Wikipedia
wild flower — noun wild or uncultivated flowering plant • Syn: ↑wildflower • Hypernyms: ↑angiosperm, ↑flowering plant, ↑wilding • Hyponyms: ↑sagebrush buttercup, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
wildflower — noun wild or uncultivated flowering plant • Syn: ↑wild flower • Hypernyms: ↑angiosperm, ↑flowering plant, ↑wilding • Hyponyms: ↑sagebrush buttercup, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Goat's beard — Goat s beard, goatsbeard goatsbeard . (Bot.), A weedy European annual with yellow flowers, of the genus {Tragopogon}; so named from the long silky beard of the seeds. One species is the {salsify} or {oyster plant}; it is naturalized in US. Syn:… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
goatsbeard — Goat s beard Goat s beard, goatsbeard goatsbeard . (Bot.), A weedy European annual with yellow flowers, of the genus {Tragopogon}; so named from the long silky beard of the seeds. One species is the {salsify} or {oyster plant}; it is naturalized… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
