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Definition of Meadow salsify
1. Noun. Weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States.
Exact synonyms: Goatsbeard, Shepherd's Clock, Tragopogon Pratensis
Generic synonyms: Wild Flower, Wildflower
Group relationships: Genus Tragopogon, Tragopogon
Generic synonyms: Wild Flower, Wildflower
Group relationships: Genus Tragopogon, Tragopogon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meadow Salsify
Literary usage of Meadow salsify
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"... nat. in US meadow salsify, Buck's-beard, Go-to-bed-at-noon, Noon-flower,
Noon-tide, Noonday-flower, Jack-by-the-hedge, Joseph's-flower, ..."
2. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"The meadow salsify has flowers and fruits very much like those of the dandelion,
but the leaves are all more grass-like in appearance. ..."