black salsify

English

black salsify root

Noun

black salsify (usually uncountable, plural black salsifies)

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.

Synonyms

(Scorzonera hispanica): black oyster plant, serpent root, Spanish salsify, viper's grass, viper's herb, Spanish oyster plant

Translations

Scorzonera hispanica

Bulgarian: черен корен m (čeren koren)
Catalan: escurçonera f
Dutch: grote schorseneer
Finnish: mustajuuri (fi)
French: scorsonère (fr) f
Galician: escorzoneira (gl) f
German: Schwarzwurzel (de) f
Hungarian: feketegyökér (hu)
Italian: scorzonera di Spagna f, scorzonera (it) f
Polish: skorzonera (pl) f, wężymord (pl) f, wężymord czarny korzeń (pl) m
Portuguese: escorcioneira f
Romanian: scorțoneră (ro) f
Spanish: escorzonera (es) f
Swedish: svartrot (sv) c

References

black salsify on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Scorzonera hispanica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Scorzonera hispanica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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