salsify

Meaning

Noun

• Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Tragopogon, most of which have purple flowers.
• Scorzonera hispanica (species), 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
• The edible root of these plants.

Origin

• French salsifis.