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vegetable oyster

vegetable oyster noun: a plant of species Tragopogon porrifolius, native to the eastern Mediterranean, widely cultivated.

Noun

vegetable oyster (plural vegetable oysters)

  1. A plant of species Tragopogon porrifolius, native to the eastern Mediterranean, widely cultivated.
    Synonyms:
    purple salsify, common salsify, oyster plant, Jerusalem star, Jack go to bed, goatsbeard, salsify

Synonyms of vegetable oyster

All synonyms of vegetable oyster

Forms of vegetable oyster

pluralvegetable oysters

Questions about vegetable oyster

What does vegetable oyster mean?
Vegetable oyster means a plant of species Tragopogon porrifolius, native to the eastern Mediterranean, widely cultivated.
What part of speech is vegetable oyster?
Vegetable oyster is a noun.
What is the plural of vegetable oyster?
The plural of vegetable oyster is vegetable oysters.

Words near vegetable oyster in the dictionary

  1. vegetable meat
  2. vegetable mercury
  3. vegetable mucus
  4. vegetable oil
  5. vegetable oils
  6. vegetable oyster
  7. vegetable parchment
  8. vegetable pear
  9. vegetable pears
  10. vegetable rennet
  11. vegetable rennets

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