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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 States
Familiarity information: VEGETABLE OYSTER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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