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    VEGETABLE OYSTER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Long white salsifyplay

    Synonyms:

    oyster plant; vegetable oyster

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting foods and drinks

    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)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    oyster plant; salsify; Tragopogon porrifolius; vegetable oyster

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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)

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