单词 | salsify |
释义 | salsifyn. A biennial composite plant, the Purple Goat's-beard, Tragopogon porrifolius, indigenous to Great Britain and the Continent of Europe, producing an esculent root. meadow salsify (U.S.): the Yellow Goat's-beard, Tragopogon pratensis (Britton & Brown Flora Northern U.S. iii. 269). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > salsify goat's beardc1400 bucks-beard1551 salsify1706 vegetable oyster1806 oyster plant1812 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Salsifie, (Fr.) Goats-bread [sic], an eatable root. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 482 Salsifie or Goats~beard. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I Tragopogon..commonly call'd Salssafy or Sassafy. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ix. 97 So likewise you may dress Root of Salsify and Scorzonera. 1767 J. Abercrombie Every Man his Own Gardener (1803) 85 Salsafay is estimable both for its roots..and for the young shoots rising in the spring. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 201 Many of the species are useful articles of food;..for instance..the roots of..Tragopogon, or Salsafy. 1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 287/2 The Salsafy (or Salsify)..is a hardy biennial, with long cylindrical fleshy esculent roots. 1882 Garden 11 Nov. 425/3 Salsafy..when boiled in milk or fried in butter..has a peculiar resemblance to oysters. Compounds C1. black salsify n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > black salsify scorzoner1597 viper's grass1597 scorzonera1629 black salsify1699 vegetable oyster1806 Spanish viper's grass1852 viper's plant1884 1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 61 Salsifax, Scorzonera. 1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Black salsify,..a related plant... It is similarly used, and its flavor is preferred by some. C2. ΚΠ 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 482 Spanish Salsifie or Scorzonera, is multiplied by Seed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1699 |
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