English noun: vegetable oyster |
1. | vegetable oyster (plant) Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States |
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| Synonyms | oyster plant, salsify, Tragopogon porrifolius |
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| Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant |
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| Part holonym | oyster plant, oyster plant, salsify, vegetable oyster |
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| Member meronym | genus Tragopogon, Tragopogon |
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2. | vegetable oyster (food) long white salsify |
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| Synonyms | oyster plant |
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| Broader (hypernym) | salsify |
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| Part meronym | oyster plant, salsify, Tragopogon porrifolius, vegetable oyster |
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