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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


Synonymsoyster plant, salsify, Tragopogon porrifolius


Broader (hypernym)herb, herbaceous plant


Part holonymoyster plant, oyster plant, salsify, vegetable oyster


Member meronymgenus Tragopogon, Tragopogon

2. vegetable oyster (food) long white salsify


Synonymsoyster plant


Broader (hypernym)salsify


Part meronymoyster plant, salsify, Tragopogon porrifolius, vegetable oyster









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