单词 | black oyster plant |
释义 | > as lemmasblack oyster plant black oyster plant n. see oyster plant n. 2. black oyster plant 2. Chiefly North American. Any of several plants of the family Asteraceae ( Compositae) having edible roots considered to taste like oysters, esp. salsify, Tragopogon porrifolius, and (more fully black oyster plant) scorzonera or black salsify, Scorzonera hispanica. Cf. vegetable oyster n. at vegetable adj. Compounds 2.Spanish oyster plant: see Spanish adj. 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 1812 T. Jefferson Let. 14 Dec. in E. Betts T. Jefferson's Garden Book (1999) 493 I do not remember to have seen Salsafia in your garden... Some call it oyster plant because fried in butter it can scarcely be distinguished from a fried oyster. 1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 452/1 Owing to a peculiar mode in which the roots are sometimes dressed, so as to have a flavour somewhat like that of oysters, S[alsafy] is sometimes popularly called the Oyster Plant. 1914 F. B. Jack Cookery for Every Househ. 162/1 The black salsify or scorzonera is the finer of the two [kinds of salsify]. Americans call it the oyster plant, as when cooked it has a distinct flavour of oyster. 1992 W. T. Parsons & E. G. Cuthbertson Noxious Weeds Austral. 225 Golden thistle. Scolymus hispanicus L. Alternative names: Spanish oyster plant (Europe), Spanish salsify, sunnariah (Lebanon). 2000 S. Fallon & M. Rothschild World Food: France (Lonely Planet Guide) 39 Another root vegetable, salsifis (salsify or oyster plant), is eaten fried or cooked in cream. < as lemmas |
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