Tragopogon
noun
Trago·po·gon
ˌtragəˈpōˌgän,
-ōgən
: a genus of Old World herbs (family Compositae) having entire linear leaves and long pedunculate heads of yellow or purple radiate flowers with a single series of involucral bracts see salsify, yellow goatsbeard
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin, salsify, from Greek tragopōgōn, from tragos he-goat + pōgōn beard; from the large pappus
First Known Use
1578, in the meaning defined above