black salsify

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black salsify root

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black salsify (usually uncountable, plural black salsifies)

  1. A perennial member of the sunflower family (Asteraceae), cultivated as a root vegetable (Pseudopodospermum hispanicum, syn. Scorzonera hispanica).
    Synonym: scorzonera
    • 2008, Dolf De Rovira, Dictionary of Flavors, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 150:
      Black salsify is lumped in as a member of the salsify-type vegetable family even though it is a different genus and species due to similarities in its flavor and textural profile.

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