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YELLOW SALSIFY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow salsify mean?
• YELLOW SALSIFY (noun)
The noun YELLOW SALSIFY has 1 sense:
1. European perennial naturalized throughout United States having hollow stems with a few long narrow tapered leaves and each bearing a solitary pale yellow flower
Familiarity information: YELLOW SALSIFY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European perennial naturalized throughout United States having hollow stems with a few long narrow tapered leaves and each bearing a solitary pale yellow flower
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Tragopogon dubius; yellow salsify
Hypernyms ("yellow salsify" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
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