oyster plant

n 1: edible root of the salsify plant [syn: {salsify}]

2: Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of

purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root;

naturalized throughout United States [syn: {salsify}, {vegetable

oyster}, {Tragopogon porrifolius}]

3: long white-skinned salsify [syn: {vegetable oyster}]