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sal⋅si⋅fy

  [sal-suh-fee]
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–noun, plural -fies.
a purple-flowered, composite plant, Tragopogon porrifolius, whose root has an oyster-like flavor and is used as a culinary vegetable.
Also called oyster plant, vegetable oyster.

Origin:
1690–1700; < F salsifis, var. of sassefy, sassef(r)ique < It sassef(r)ica) < ?
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sal·si·fy   (sāl'sə-fē, -fī')   
n.   pl. sal·si·fies In both senses also called oyster plant, vegetable oyster.

  1. A European plant (Tragopogon porrifolius) having grasslike leaves, purple flower heads, and an edible taproot.

  2. The root of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.


[French salsifis, from obsolete Italian (erba) salsifica.]
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salsify 
biennial plant, 1675, from Fr. salsifis, earlier sercifi, sassify (16c.), probably from It. erba salsifica, from O.It. salsifica, of uncertain origin, perhaps from L. sal "salt" + fricare "to rub."
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