OYSTER PLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oyster plant mean? 

• OYSTER PLANT (noun)
  The noun OYSTER PLANT has 3 senses:

1. edible root of the salsify plant

2. Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States

3. long white salsify

  Familiarity information: OYSTER PLANT used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OYSTER PLANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Edible root of the salsify plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

oyster plant; salsify

Hypernyms ("oyster plant" is a kind of...):

root ((botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground)

Holonyms ("oyster plant" is a part of...):

oyster plant; salsify; Tragopogon porrifolius; vegetable oyster (Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

oyster plant; salsify; Tragopogon porrifolius; vegetable oyster

Hypernyms ("oyster plant" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "oyster plant"):

oyster plant; vegetable oyster (long white salsify)

oyster plant; salsify (edible root of the salsify plant)

Holonyms ("oyster plant" is a member of...):

genus Tragopogon; Tragopogon (genus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and yellow or purple flower heads)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Long white salsify

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

oyster plant; vegetable oyster

Hypernyms ("oyster plant" is a kind of...):

salsify (either of two long roots eaten cooked)

Holonyms ("oyster plant" is a part of...):

oyster plant; salsify; Tragopogon porrifolius; vegetable oyster (Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States)