What is "oyster plant"

Goat's beard \Goat's beard\, goatsbeard \goatsbeard\n. (Bot.), A weedy European annual with yellow flowers, of the genus Tragopogon; -- so named from the long silky beard of the seeds. One species is the salsify or oyster plant; it is naturalized in US.

Syn: meadow salsify, shepherd's clock, Tragopogon pratensis.

n. 1 ''Acanthus mollis'', (bear's breeches), native to the Mediterranean 2 (taxlink Mertensia maritima species noshow=1) ((vern: oysterleaf), (vern: sea lungwort), (vern: sea bluebells)), native to Europe and North America with leaves said to taste like oysters 3 (taxlink Scorzonera hispanica species noshow=1) (black salsify, (vern: black oyster plant)), cultivated for its dark-skinned edible root 4 (taxlink Tragopogon porrifolius species noshow=1) ((vern: common salsify), (vern: vegetable oyster), (vern: purple salsify), (vern: Jerusalem star)), cultivated for its light-skinned edible root 5 (taxlink Tradescantia spathacea species noshow=1) (formerly (taxlink Tradescantia discolor species noshow=1)) (oyster herb, (vern: 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

1. n. edible root of the salsify plant [syn: salsify]

2. Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States [syn: salsify, vegetable oyster, Tragopogon porrifolius]

3. long white-skinned salsify [syn: vegetable oyster]

Oyster plant is a common name used for various flowering plants, including:

• Acanthus mollis, (also called bear's breeches), native to the Mediterranean
• Mertensia maritima (also called oysterleaf), native to Europe and North America with leaves said to taste like oysters
• Scorzonera hispanica (also called black salsify), cultivated for its dark-skinned edible root
• Tragopogon porrifolius (also called purple salsify), cultivated for its light-skinned edible root
• Tradescantia spathacea ( synonyms Tradescantia discolor, Rhoeo spathacea, Rhoeo discolor); (also called Oyster Herb, Daun Kepah, Nanas Kerang, Boatlily (Cây Lẻ Bạn, Lảo Bạn, Sò Huyết), 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, (Chinese) 蚌花)