salsify : Idioms & Phrases


black salsify

  • 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.
  • noun long black salsify
    scorzonera.
WordNet

meadow salsify

  • noun weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
    goatsbeard; shepherd's clock; Tragopogon pratensis.
WordNet

yellow salsify

  • 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.
WordNet