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VEGETABLE OYSTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vegetable oyster mean? 

VEGETABLE OYSTER (noun)
  The noun VEGETABLE OYSTER has 2 senses:

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

2. long white salsifyplay

  Familiarity information: VEGETABLE OYSTER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VEGETABLE OYSTER (noun)


Sense 1

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 ("vegetable oyster" 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 "vegetable oyster"):

oyster plant; vegetable oyster (long white salsify)

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

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

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


Sense 2

Meaning:

Long white salsify

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

oyster plant; vegetable oyster

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

salsify (either of two long roots eaten cooked)

Holonyms ("vegetable oyster" 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)


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