black salsify

English

black salsify root

Noun

black salsify (usually uncountable, plural black salsifies)

1. 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

• (Scorzonera hispanica): black oyster plant, serpent root, Spanish salsify, viper's grass, viper's herb, Spanish oyster plant

Translations

Scorzonera hispanica

• Bulgarian: черен корен m (čeren koren)
• Catalan: escurçonera f
• Dutch: grote schorseneer
• Finnish: mustajuuri (fi)
• French: scorsonère (fr) f
• Galician: escorzoneira (gl) f
• German: Schwarzwurzel (de) f
• Hungarian: feketegyökér (hu)
• Italian: scorzonera di Spagna f, scorzonera (it) f
• Polish: skorzonera (pl) f, wężymord (pl) f, wężymord czarny korzeń (pl) m
• Portuguese: escorcioneira f
• Romanian: scorțoneră (ro) f
• Spanish: escorzonera (es) f
• Swedish: svartrot (sv) c

References

• black salsify on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Scorzonera hispanica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Scorzonera hispanica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons