英语词汇“salsify”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sal·si·fy

(sălsə-fē, -fī′)

n. pl. sal·si·fies

1. A European plant (Tragopogon porrifolius) in the composite family, having grasslike leaves, purple flower heads, and an edible taproot.

2. The root of this plant, eaten as a vegetable. In both senses also called oyster plant, vegetable oyster.

[French salsifis, from obsolete Italian salsefica, variant (influenced by Italian salsa, sauce, or salso, salted, perhaps in reference to the oysterlike flavor of its cooked roots) of sassefrica, from Old Italian; akin to Medieval Latin saxifraga (media), salsify : perhaps Latin saxifraga, maidenhair fern (for unknown reasons, since salsify does not resemble maidenhair fern); see SAXIFRAGE + media, feminine of medium, middling, ordinary.]

单词	salsify
释义	sal·si·fy (sălsə-fē, -fī′) n. pl. sal·si·fies 1. A European plant (Tragopogon porrifolius) in the composite family, having grasslike leaves, purple flower heads, and an edible taproot. 2. The root of this plant, eaten as a vegetable. In both senses also called oyster plant, vegetable oyster. [French salsifis, from obsolete Italian salsefica, variant (influenced by Italian salsa, sauce, or salso, salted, perhaps in reference to the oysterlike flavor of its cooked roots) of sassefrica, from Old Italian; akin to Medieval Latin saxifraga (media), salsify : perhaps Latin saxifraga, maidenhair fern (for unknown reasons, since salsify does not resemble maidenhair fern); see SAXIFRAGE + media, feminine of medium, middling, ordinary.]
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