Usually means: Root vegetable resembling a skinny parsnip.
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  1. salsify: Merriam-Webster
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  3. salsify: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. salsify: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. salsify: Wiktionary
  8. salsify: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. salsify: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  13. Salsify: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Salsify: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. salsify: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  17. Salsify: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. salsify: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (salsify)

noun:  (countable, uncountable) Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Tragopogon, most of which have purple flowers.
noun:  Tragopogon porrifolius, a plant with linear leaves; cultivated for its light-skinned edible root and herbal properties. Known in particular as "white salsify" among other common names
noun:  (countable, uncountable) Pseudopodospermum hispanicum (syn. Scorzonera hispanica), a plant similar in flavor to T. porrifolius, with lanceolate leaves; cultivated for its dark-skinned edible root. Known in particular as "black salsify" among other common names
noun:  (uncountable) The edible root of these plants.

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