oyster plant
See also: oysterplant
English
Noun
oyster plant (plural oyster plants)
- Acanthus mollis (bear's breeches), native to the Mediterranean
- Mertensia maritima (oysterleaf, sea lungwort, sea bluebell), native to Europe and North America with leaves said to taste like oysters
- Pseudopodospermum hispanicum (syn. Scorzonera hispanica, black salsify, black oyster plant), cultivated for its dark-skinned edible root
- Tragopogon porrifolius (common salsify, vegetable oyster, purple salsify, Jerusalem star), cultivated for its light-skinned edible root
- Tradescantia spathacea (formerly Tradescantia discolor) (oyster herb, boatlily, Moses in a basket, cradle lily, Moses in his cradle, Moses on a raft, Moses in the bulrushes, men in a boat, Moses-in-cradle, salsify)
Translations
Acanthus mollis — see bear's breech
Mertensia maritima — see sea bluebell
Scorzonera hispanica — see black salsify
Tragopogon porrifolius
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Tradescantia spathacea
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References
- “oyster plant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “oyster plant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
oyster plant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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