Oyster-plant
71Mertensia maritima — Oyster Oys ter (ois t[ e]r), n. [OF. oistre, F. hu[^i]tre, L. ostrea, ostreum, Gr. o streon; prob. akin to ostre on bone, the oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. {Osseous}, {Ostracize}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus …
72Ostrea edulis — Oyster Oys ter (ois t[ e]r), n. [OF. oistre, F. hu[^i]tre, L. ostrea, ostreum, Gr. o streon; prob. akin to ostre on bone, the oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. {Osseous}, {Ostracize}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus …
73Ostrea Virginiana — Oyster Oys ter (ois t[ e]r), n. [OF. oistre, F. hu[^i]tre, L. ostrea, ostreum, Gr. o streon; prob. akin to ostre on bone, the oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. {Osseous}, {Ostracize}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus …
74Pinnotheres ostreum — Oyster Oys ter (ois t[ e]r), n. [OF. oistre, F. hu[^i]tre, L. ostrea, ostreum, Gr. o streon; prob. akin to ostre on bone, the oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. {Osseous}, {Ostracize}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus …
75Tragopogon porrifolius — Oyster Oys ter (ois t[ e]r), n. [OF. oistre, F. hu[^i]tre, L. ostrea, ostreum, Gr. o streon; prob. akin to ostre on bone, the oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. {Osseous}, {Ostracize}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus …
76oysterplant — oyster plant n. See salsify. * * * …
77salsify — /sal seuh fee/, n., pl. salsifies. a 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. [1690 1700; < F salsifis, var. of …
78Purple Salsify — Taxobox name = Purple Salsify image width = 250px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Asterales familia = Asteraceae genus = Tragopogon species = T. porrifolius binomial = Tragopogon porrifolius binomial… …
79Salsify — Taxobox name = Goatsbeards image width = 250px image caption = Purple Salsify, Tragopogon porrifolius regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Asterales familia = Asteraceae tribus = Cichorieae genus = Tragopogon… …
80Tragopogon porrifolius — noun Mediterranean biennial herb with long stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States • Syn: ↑salsify, ↑oyster plant, ↑vegetable oyster • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • …
