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vegetable oyster

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As a noun, vegetable oyster means mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root.

Meanings of vegetable oyster

2 meanings

noun

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

    Similar: salsify, oyster plant, Tragopogon porrifolius
  2. Long white salsifyfood

    Similar: oyster plant

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Synonyms by meaning

noun: Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of pu…
salsifyoyster plantTragopogon porrifolius
noun: long white salsify

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