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Definition of Scorzonera
1. Noun. Perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrots.
Terms within: Black Salsify
Group relationships: Genus Scorzonera
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
2. Noun. Long black salsify.
Generic synonyms: Salsify
Group relationships: Black Salsify, Scorzonera Hispanica, Viper's Grass
Definition of Scorzonera
1. Noun. A herb from southern Europe, of the genus ''Scorzonera'', having yellow flowers and edible carrot-shaped roots; black salsify. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scorzonera
Literary usage of Scorzonera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Select extra-tropical plants readily eligible for industrial culture or by Ferdinand Jacob H. Mueller (1880)
"Some other kinds of scorzonera may perhaps be drawn into similar use, there being
many Asiatic ... scorzonera tuberosa, Pallas. On the Volga and in Syria. ..."
2. The Profitable Culture of Vegetables for Market Gardeners, Small Holders by Thomas Smith (1913)
"The Salsify root is of a pale yellowish colour, and the leaves are long and narrow
and of a greyish green. The root of scorzonera is of a dark purplish ..."
3. The Horticulturist; Or, An Attempt to Teach the Science and Practice of the by John Claudius Loudon, Loudon (Jane) (1849)
"The scorzonera, or Viper's grass, scorzonera hispanica, ... not unlike the
scorzonera, to which, however, it is much to be preferred, but with much narrower ..."
4. The Principles of Vegetable-gardening by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1901)
"scorzonera, OR BLACK SALSIFY The cultivation of this plant is in all ways like that
... Fig. 70. Spanish salsify. Scolymus Hispanicus. scorzonera Hispanica ..."
5. The Family Kitchen Gardener: Containing Plain and Accurate Descriptions of by Robert Buist (1861)
"... rich soil, and will be in good condition for the table till the end of March.
scorzonera. scorzonera ..."
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