black salsify
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Noun
[edit]black salsify (usually uncountable, plural black salsifies)
- A perennial member of the sunflower family (Asteraceae), cultivated as a root vegetable (Pseudopodospermum hispanicum, syn. Scorzonera hispanica).
- Synonym: scorzonera
- 2008, Dolf De Rovira, Dictionary of Flavors, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 150:
- Black salsify is lumped in as a member of the salsify-type vegetable family even though it is a different genus and species due to similarities in its flavor and textural profile.
Synonyms
[edit]- (Scorzonera hispanica): black oyster plant, serpent root, Spanish salsify, viper's grass, viper's herb, Spanish oyster plant
Translations
[edit]Scorzonera hispanica
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References
[edit]black salsify on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Scorzonera hispanica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Scorzonera hispanica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons