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单词 salsify
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sal•si•fy  (salsə fē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -fies. 
  1. Plant Biologya purple-flowered, composite plant, Tragopogon porrifolius, whose root has an oyster-like flavor and is used as a culinary vegetable. Also called oyster plant, vegetable oyster. 
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  • Italian sassef(r) ica)
  • French salsifis, variant of sassefy, sassef(r)ique
  • 1690–1700

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
salsify /ˈsælsɪfɪ/ n ( pl -fies)

  1. Also called: oyster plant, vegetable oyster a Mediterranean plant, Tragopogon porrifolius, having grasslike leaves, purple flower heads, and a long white edible taproot: family Asteraceae (composites)
  2. the root of this plant, which tastes of oysters and is eaten as a vegetable
Etymology: 17th Century: from French salsifis, from Italian sassefrica, from Late Latin saxifrica, from Latin saxum rock + fricāre to rub
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