salsify : Idioms & Phrases
black salsify
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noun perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrots
scorzonera; Scorzonera hispanica; viper's grass.
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noun long black salsify
scorzonera.
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meadow salsify
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noun weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
goatsbeard; shepherd's clock; Tragopogon pratensis.
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yellow salsify
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noun European perennial naturalized throughout United States having hollow stems with a few long narrow tapered leaves and each bearing a solitary pale yellow flower
Tragopogon dubius.