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Noun: oyster plant
  1. Edible root of the salsify plant
    - salsify
     
  2. Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States
    - salsify, vegetable oyster, Tragopogon porrifolius
     
  3. Long white salsify
    - vegetable oyster

Derived forms: oyster plants

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant, root, salsify

Part of: genus Tragopogon, Tragopogon

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